pemphigous

1. 1.

   of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus

Questions about pemphigous

What does pemphigous mean?

pemphigous means "of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus".

How many syllables are in pemphigous?

pemphigous has 3 syllables and divides as pem-phi-gous 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 pemphigous a common word?

pemphigous 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.