Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gastroretentive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gas-trore-ten-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Facilitating retention in the gastrointestinal system for a long period of time.

Example Sentences

"A number of gastroretentive mechanisms have been evaluated, including mucoadhesion, floating dosage forms that use low-density matrices or gas generation, swelling matrices, and combinations thereof."

Etymology

From gastro- + retentive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gastro

Frequently Paired Words

gastroretention

Questions

What does gastroretentive mean?: Facilitating retention in the gastrointestinal system for a long period of time.
Where does gastroretentive come from?: From gastro- + retentive.

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