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English
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
achor (uncountable)
- (obsolete, pathology) dandruff (or similar condition)
Anagrams
Eastern Bontoc
Noun
achor
- (anatomy) body
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄχωρ (ákhōr).
Pronunciation
Noun
achōr m (genitive achōris); third declension
- The scab or scald on the head
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “achor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- achor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.