dedifferentiated

1. 1.

   having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function

   “the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients”

   Similarundifferentiated

Questions about dedifferentiated

What does dedifferentiated mean?

dedifferentiated means "having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function".

How many syllables are in dedifferentiated?

dedifferentiated has 7 syllables and divides as de-dif-fe-ren-ti-a-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is dedifferentiated a common word?

dedifferentiated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.