Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vi-rophagy
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The feeding on viruses.

Uncountable

Etymology

From viro- (“virus”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does virophagy mean?
The feeding on viruses.
Where does virophagy come from?
From viro- (“virus”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

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