Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardiotoxic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: car-diotox-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart.

Etymology

Etymology tree English cardio- Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English cardiotoxic From cardio- + toxic.

Inflected Forms

more cardiotoxic (comparative) most cardiotoxic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

cardiotoxicity cardiotoxin

Questions

What does cardiotoxic mean?: Chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart.
Where does cardiotoxic come from?: Etymology tree English cardio- Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English cardiotoxic From cardio- + toxic.

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