Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osmosensitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-mosen-si-tive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

sensitive to high salt concentrations

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὠθέω (ōthéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós)der. English osmo- English sensitive English osmosensitive From osmo- + sensitive.

Inflected Forms

more osmosensitive (comparative) most osmosensitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

osmosensitivity

Frequently Paired Words

osmoresistance

Questions

What does osmosensitive mean?: sensitive to high salt concentrations
Where does osmosensitive come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὠθέω (ōthéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós)der. English osmo- English sensitive English osmosensitive From osmo- + sensitive.

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