Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nephrotoxic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
nephro-tox-ic
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Toxic to the kidneys.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) 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 nephrotoxic From nephro- + toxic.

Inflected Forms

more nephrotoxic (comparative) most nephrotoxic (superlative)

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Questions

What does nephrotoxic mean?
Toxic to the kidneys.
Where does nephrotoxic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) 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 nephrotoxic From nephro- + toxic.

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