Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemoresistant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chemore-sis-tant
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound

adj

Describing the resistance of a tumour to chemotherapy

Etymology

From chemo- + resistant.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: chemo

Inflected Forms

more chemoresistant (comparative) most chemoresistant (superlative)

Derived Forms

radiochemoresistant

Frequently Paired Words

chemoresistance

Questions

What does chemoresistant mean?: Describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound
Where does chemoresistant come from?: From chemo- + resistant.

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