Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cefalonium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ce-falo-ni-um
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cephalosporin antibiotic.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Translingual Cephalosporium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English cephalosporin Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cephalosporanic New Latin ammōniumbor. English ammonium English onium English -onium English cefalonium From cephalo(sporanic acid) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

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Questions

What does cefalonium mean?
A cephalosporin antibiotic.
Where does cefalonium come from?
Etymology tree Translingual Cephalosporium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English cephalosporin Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cephalosporanic New Latin ammōniumbor. English ammonium English onium English -onium English cefalonium From cephalo(sporanic acid) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

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