Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pathomimetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: path-omimet-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That mimics a pathological condition

Example Sentences

"To image, localize and quantify collagen IV degradation in real-time we used 3D pathomimetic breast cancer models designed to mimic the in vivo microenvironment of breast cancers."

Etymology

From patho- + mimetic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: patho

Questions

What does pathomimetic mean?: That mimics a pathological condition
Where does pathomimetic come from?: From patho- + mimetic.

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