Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biospecific

/ˌbaɪ.oʊ.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-o-spe-cif-ic
IPA: /ˌbaɪ.oʊ.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Whose properties or activities vary according to the specific biological molecule that it interacts with.

adj

Of or relating to a biospecies.

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌbaɪ.oʊ.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/
British English: /ˌbaɪ.əʊ.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/

Rhymes With

-ific signific overspecific stonerific spumific carbonific hipsterific crapperific trispecific inspecific nanospecific panspecific

Questions

How do you pronounce biospecific?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbaɪ.oʊ.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/.
What does biospecific mean?: Whose properties or activities vary according to the specific biological molecule that it interacts with.
Where does biospecific come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English specific English biospecific From bio- + specific.

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