Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tax-oid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of taxol derivatives developed for their anticancer properties.

Etymology

From taxol + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: taxol

Inflected Forms

taxoids (plural)

Questions

What does taxoid mean?: Any of a class of taxol derivatives developed for their anticancer properties.
Where does taxoid come from?: From taxol + -oid.

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