elastosis

1. 1.

   breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue)

   Broaderphysical condition

Other forms of elastosis

plural

elastosises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elastosis

What does elastosis mean?

elastosis means "breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue)".

How many syllables are in elastosis?

elastosis has 4 syllables: e-la-sto-sis. The stress falls on "la".

Is elastosis a common word?

elastosis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.