Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xenocontamination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xeno-con-tam-i-na-tion
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Contamination by a different species.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Second, the possibility of xenocontamination during transplantation by mouse feeder layer, fetal bovine serum, or recombinant growth factors could therefore be avoided."

Etymology

From xeno- + contamination.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: xeno

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does xenocontamination mean?: Contamination by a different species.
Where does xenocontamination come from?: From xeno- + contamination.

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