thioglycollate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sulfur-substituted glycolate
noun
A growth medium containing sodium thioglycollate and other substances
Example Sentences
- "Thioglycollates are potential skin-sensitising agents, and strong solutions can cause serious damage to the skin because of their keratolytic action."
- "cultured in thioglycollate broth"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English glycollate English thioglycollate From thio- + glycollate.