biophotolysis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The photolysis of a biochemical compound; but especially the production of hydrogen by the action of light on algae or any other organism.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English photolysis English biophotolysis From bio- + photolysis.