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chemopreventive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
chemo-pre-ven-tive
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to chemoprevention.

noun

A food supplement, etc. used for chemoprevention.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English preventive English chemopreventive From chemo- + preventive.

Inflected Forms

more chemopreventive (comparative) most chemopreventive (superlative) chemopreventives (plural)

Derived Forms

photochemopreventive

Questions

What does chemopreventive mean?
Of, or relating to chemoprevention.
Where does chemopreventive come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English preventive English chemopreventive From chemo- + preventive.

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