zomotherapy, n.

zomotherapy
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zomotherapy_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 1921; not fully revised

# zomotherapynoun

## Earlier version

- zomotherapy in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zomotherapy mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zomotherapy. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the noun zomotherapy?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1900 | 0.0027
1910 | 0.0022
1920 | 0.0018
1930 | 0.0016
1940 | 0.0012
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the noun zomotherapy pronounced?

#### British English

/zəʊməʊˈθɛrəpi/

### Where does the noun zomotherapy come from?

Earliest known use

1900s

The earliest known use of the noun zomotherapy is in the 1900s.

OED's only evidence for zomotherapy is from 1900, in the Lancet.

zomotherapy is a borrowing from French.

Etymons: French zomothérapie.

### Nearby entries

1. zombie-esque, adj. 1946–
2. zombie-like, adj. & adv. 1932–
3. zombie worm, n. 2005–
4. zombification, n. 1968–
5. zombified, adj. 1965–
6. zombify, v. 1950–
7. zombocalypse, n. 2007–
8. zomboid, adj. 1963–
9. zom-com, n. 2004–
10. zomotherapeutic, adj. 1900–
11. zomotherapy, n.1900–
12. zona, n. 1706–
13. zona ignea, n. 1818–
14. zonal, adj. 1867–
15. zonality, n. 1909–
16. zonally, adv. 1873–
17. zonal marking, n. 1958–
18. zona pellucida, n. 1841–
19. zona radiata, n. 1881–
20. zona reticularis, n. 1874–
21. zonarious, adj. 1656–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from French.
Etymon: French zomothérapie.
< French zomothérapie, < Greek ζωμός soup + θεραπεία therapy n.

## Meaning & use

Medicine.

1. 1900–
   The use of raw meat, or the juice expressed from it, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
   1. 1900

      > The experiments of M. Richet and M. Héricourt relative to the use of raw meat as a prophylactic and curative substance in tuberculosis... Such treatment these observers have called ‘zomotherapy’.

      Lancet 27 October 1242/2
   medicine
   1. zomotherapy 1900–
      The use of raw meat, or the juice expressed from it, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
   2. tuberculotherapy 1906–
      Treatment of tuberculosis.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zəʊməʊˈθɛrəpi/

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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## Frequency

zomotherapy typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zomotherapy is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zomotherapy, n., 1900–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1900 | 0.0027
1910 | 0.0022
1920 | 0.0018
1930 | 0.0016
1940 | 0.0012
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

## Compounds & derived words

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1. zomotherapeutic, adj. 1900–
   Pertaining to zomotherapy.

zomotherapy, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zomotherapy, n. was last modified in December 2024.