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thiotrophic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thiotroph-ic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing an organism that oxidizes sulfur compounds as a major part of its metabolism

Etymology

From thio- + -trophic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more thiotrophic (comparative) most thiotrophic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

thiotroph thiotrophy

Questions

What does thiotrophic mean?
Describing an organism that oxidizes sulfur compounds as a major part of its metabolism
Where does thiotrophic come from?
From thio- + -trophic.

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