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lecithal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lecithal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or relating to a yolk.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέκῐθος (lékĭthos, “egg yolk”) + -al.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

alecithal centrolecithal ectolecithal heterolecithal homolecithal isolecithal lecithality mesolecithal microlecithal oligolecithal telolecithal

Questions

What does lecithal mean?
Having or relating to a yolk.
Where does lecithal come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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