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| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A necrosis of the jaw, specifically, periostitis with suppuration, ulceration, and severe deformity of the mandible caused by chronic poisoning with yellow phosphorus(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "PHOSSY": phossy jaw. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "PHOSSY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kæbelidelse ved kronisk fosforforgiftning (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kaaknecrose door fosforvergiftiging (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | leukaluun fosforikuolio (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | nécrose phosphorée du maxillaire (phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), nécrose phosphorée (phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), mal chimique des allumettiers (phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Phosphornekrose (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), Kiefernekrose (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | νέκρωση του οστού της γνάθου (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), φωσφορική νέκρωση της κάτω γνάθου (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | necrosi dei mascellari (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), necrosi da fosforo (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), mascella fosforica (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), mascella da fosforo (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw), fosfonecrosi (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ossyphay necrosis fosforada del maxilar (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) fosfornekros (Lucifer match makers'disease, phosphorus necrosis, phossy jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hyssop. | |
| Words within the letters "h-o-p-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: hypos, shops, sophs, sophy, syphs, sysop. | |
-2 letters: hops, hoys, hypo, hyps, posh, posy, shop, soph, sops, soys, syph. | |
-3 letters: hop, hoy, hyp, ohs, ops, poh, shy, sop, sos, soy, spy. | |
-4 letters: ho, oh, op, os, oy, sh, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-o-p-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: hyssops, psychos, skyphos, syphons. | |
+2 letters: hypnoses, hypnosis, kyphoses, kyphosis, shopboys, toyshops. | |
+3 letters: apophyses, apophysis, hydropses, mesophyls, psychoses, psychosis, pythoness, sophistry. | |
+4 letters: biophysics, dysphonias, dysphorias, geophysics, hemoptyses, hemoptysis, hopelessly, horseplays, hydropsies, hypnotisms, hypnotists, hypoblasts, hypocausts, hypophyses, hypophysis, hypostases, hypostasis, hypostomes, hypostyles, hypotheses, hypothesis, mesophylls, mesophytes, photolyses, photolysis, playhouses, psychotics, sycophants, symphonies, symphonist. | |
+5 letters: chrysoprase, dystrophies, gypsophilas, hyaloplasms, hydrospaces, hypocorisms, hypocrisies, hypoglossal, hypoplasias, hypospadias, hypotenuses, hypsometers, lyophilises, phenocrysts, phosphoryls, photosystem, polyhistors, polytheisms, polytheists, psilophytes, psychopaths, pythonesses, saprophytes, scyphistoma, scyphozoans, sporophylls, sporophytes, symphonious, symphonists, symposiarch, synaloephas, typhlosoles. | |
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