megaloblastic

1. 1.

   of or relating to megaloblasts

Questions about megaloblastic

What does megaloblastic mean?

megaloblastic means "of or relating to megaloblasts".

How many syllables are in megaloblastic?

megaloblastic has 5 syllables and divides as me-ga-lo-bla-stic 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 megaloblastic a common word?

megaloblastic 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.