Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biorefractory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biore-frac-to-ry
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

biologically or biochemically refractory

Example Sentences

"Overall, DOM from the pasture streams had lower proportions of biorefractory formulas but higher proportions of bioreactive formulas than DOM from the forest streams (Table 2 )."

Etymology

From bio- + refractory.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bio

Inflected Forms

more biorefractory (comparative) most biorefractory (superlative)

Questions

What does biorefractory mean?: biologically or biochemically refractory
Where does biorefractory come from?: From bio- + refractory.

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