Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mechanostimulus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mechanos-tim-u-lus
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mechanical stimulus.

Example Sentences

"Sensory fibers ranged in adaptation to the mechanostimulus as fast-adapting, slow-adapting, or on-off (i.e., promptly adapting), indicating the presence of three types of mechanoreceptors."

Etymology

From mechano- + stimulus.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mechano

Inflected Forms

mechanostimuli (plural)

Questions

What does mechanostimulus mean?: A mechanical stimulus.
Where does mechanostimulus come from?: From mechano- + stimulus.

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