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organismal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
or-gan-is-mal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to an organism or organisms.

Etymology

Etymology tree English organism Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English organismal From organism + -al.

Inflected Forms

more organismal (comparative) most organismal (superlative)

Derived Forms

extraorganismal intraorganismal microorganismal suborganismal

Synonyms

organismic

Questions

What does organismal mean?
Of or relating to an organism or organisms.
Where does organismal come from?
Etymology tree English organism Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English organismal From organism + -al.

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