Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sphingoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sph-in-goid
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Derived from, or similar in structure to, sphingosine.

noun

Any of a class of long-chain aliphatic amino alcohols related to sphingosine.

Inflected Forms

sphingoids (plural)

Questions

What does sphingoid mean?: Derived from, or similar in structure to, sphingosine.

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