Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonavalent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-ava-lent
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an atomic valence of 9.

adj

Having a vaccine valence of 9.

Example Sentences

"The Merck nonavalent HPV vaccine that is currently being tested would be better than both of these, because it protects from infection from 9 HPV types but would still not impact on all HPV types."

Etymology

From nona- + -valent.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: nona
Suffix: valent

Questions

What does nonavalent mean?: Having an atomic valence of 9.
Where does nonavalent come from?: From nona- + -valent.

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