Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biopharmaceutical

/bˌaɪoʊfˌɑɹməsˈutɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: bio-phar-ma-ceu-ti-cal
IPA: /bˌaɪoʊfˌɑɹməsˈutɪkəl/

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any drug produced using biotechnology.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English pharmaceutical English biopharmaceutical From bio- + pharmaceutical.

Inflected Forms

biopharmaceuticals (plural) more biopharmaceutical (comparative) most biopharmaceutical (superlative)

Synonyms

biologic

Rhymes With

pharmaceutical

Questions

How do you pronounce biopharmaceutical?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˌaɪoʊfˌɑɹməsˈutɪkəl/.
What does biopharmaceutical mean?: Any drug produced using biotechnology.
Where does biopharmaceutical come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English pharmaceutical English biopharmaceutical From bio- + pharmaceutical.

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