Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemibiotrophic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemibiotroph-ic
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.

Example Sentences

"Hemibiotrophic fungi include those that infect living tissue, similar to biotrophs, but after an extended incubation period of days or weeks the infected tissue dies, within which the fungus now continues to develop as a saprotroph, usually resulting in sporulation."

Etymology

From hemi- + biotrophic or hemibiotroph + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi
Suffix: hemibiotroph

Questions

What does hemibiotrophic mean?: Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.
Where does hemibiotrophic come from?: From hemi- + biotrophic or hemibiotroph + -ic.

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