Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calciotropic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-ciotrop-ic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing any material (especially a hormone) that is involved in the regulation of calcium in the blood and in bone

Etymology

From calcio- + -tropic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: calcio-
Suffix: -tropic

Inflected Forms

calciotrophic (alternative) calcitropic (alternative)

Questions

What does calciotropic mean?: Describing any material (especially a hormone) that is involved in the regulation of calcium in the blood and in bone
Where does calciotropic come from?: From calcio- + -tropic.

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