teichoic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the teichoic acids or their derivatives
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -ic.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰeyǵʰ-, τεῖχος