Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurosterol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neu-ros-terol
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A neuroactive sterol

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol English neurosterol From neuro- + sterol.

Inflected Forms

neurosterols (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

neurosteroid

Questions

What does neurosterol mean?: A neuroactive sterol
Where does neurosterol come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol English neurosterol From neuro- + sterol.

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