How does the word sound?
History of this Word
"pachy" is from "pachys" (thick) spoken by people of Greece starting about 1000 B.C.
Notes
In this sense, it is a word added to another word to form a new word.
More words with this prefix,
pachyglossal
pachymeter
pachyonychia
pachycheilia
Definition
A prefix added to the start of a word. Indicates that "thick" modifies the word. Created to expand meanings. Can be used with many words to form new words.
Examples of how the word is used
| Surprised by my presence, the pachyderm trumpeted out a sequence of protests. |
| A study of the brain revealed pachymeningitis extending into the lower cervical spinal cord |