Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prestarvation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prestar-va-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to starvation.

Example Sentences

"All insects increased their reliance on lipid oxidation, but while some species (grasshoppers, cockroaches, and beetle larvae) were still relying extensively on lipids at the time of death, other species (crickets and moth larvae) allowed rates of lipid oxidation to return to prestarvation levels."

Etymology

From pre- + starvation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does prestarvation mean?: Prior to starvation.
Where does prestarvation come from?: From pre- + starvation.

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