Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

echinocandin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: echinocan-din
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

Inflected Forms

echinocandins (plural)

Derived Forms

aminocandin

Frequently Paired Words

papulacandin

Questions

What does echinocandin mean?: Any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

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