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biomineralize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
biomin-er-al-ize
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To mineralize within a biological organism; e.g. to form bone (in vertebrates) or silica skeleton (in diatoms).

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English mineralize English biomineralize From bio- + mineralize.

Inflected Forms

biomineralizes (present, singular) biomineralizing (participle, present) biomineralized (participle, past) biomineralized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

biomineralization

Questions

What does biomineralize mean?
To mineralize within a biological organism; e.g. to form bone (in vertebrates) or silica skeleton (in diatoms).
Where does biomineralize come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English mineralize English biomineralize From bio- + mineralize.

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