Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perimicrobial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-im-i-cro-bial
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Surrounding a microbe; especially surrounding a bacterium within a higher organism.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English microbial English perimicrobial From peri- + microbial.

Phrases

perimicrobial membrane

Questions

What does perimicrobial mean?: Surrounding a microbe; especially surrounding a bacterium within a higher organism.
Where does perimicrobial come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English microbial English perimicrobial From peri- + microbial.

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