cytophotometer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An optical device which measures the light passing through a stained section of tissue in order to analyze the compounds within its cells.
Etymology
Etymology tree English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English -meter English cytophotometer From cyto- + photo- + -meter.