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tetracycle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tetra-cy-cle
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organic compound, containing four rings, related to tetracycline

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τετράκυκλος (tetrákuklos, “four-wheeled”), equivalent to tetra- + cycle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tetracycles (plural)

Questions

What does tetracycle mean?
Any organic compound, containing four rings, related to tetracycline
Where does tetracycle come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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