Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pharmacon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phar-ma-con
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicine or drug.

Formal

noun

A poison.

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon).

Usage

Inflected Forms

pharmacons (plural)

Derived Forms

panpharmacon

Questions

What does pharmacon mean?
A medicine or drug.
Where does pharmacon come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon).

How to pronounce pharmacon

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