Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluorocytosine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flu-o-ro-cy-to-sine
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cytosine wherein at least one hydrogen has been replaced by a fluorine atom

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English cytosine English fluorocytosine From fluoro- + cytosine.

Inflected Forms

fluorocytosines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chlorocytosine bromocytosine iodocytosine

Questions

What does fluorocytosine mean?: A cytosine wherein at least one hydrogen has been replaced by a fluorine atom
Where does fluorocytosine come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English cytosine English fluorocytosine From fluoro- + cytosine.

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