Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mycofabrication

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: my-co-fab-ri-ca-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The production of materials by using fungi to grow them.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 'mycofabrication', building materials and textiles are grown out of mycelium and replace plastics and leather in many applications."
"Three-step mechanism for the mycofabrication of spherical AgNPs by P. glomerata was put forth by Gade et al. (2014) (Fig. 17.3)."
"The exact mechanism of the mycofabrication is still a mystery, and the revelation of process at the molecular level for metal ion reduction and mycofabrication is desired in order to get fine control over the fabrication of metal nanoparticles of diverse shapes and sizes."

Etymology

From myco- + fabrication.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: myco

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does mycofabrication mean?: The production of materials by using fungi to grow them.
Where does mycofabrication come from?: From myco- + fabrication.

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