Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antimycobacterial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
an-timy-cobac-te-ri-al
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That counteracts the effects of mycobacteria

noun

Any drug that has this effect

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English mycobacteria English -al English mycobacterial English antimycobacterial From anti- + mycobacterial.

Inflected Forms

more antimycobacterial (comparative) most antimycobacterial (superlative) antimycobacterials (plural)

Questions

What does antimycobacterial mean?
That counteracts the effects of mycobacteria
Where does antimycobacterial come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English mycobacteria English -al English mycobacterial English antimycobacterial From anti- + mycobacterial.

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