Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

periplasmic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: periplas-mic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Surrounding the plasma of a bacterium

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

intraperiplasmic periplasmically pseudoperiplasmic

Frequently Paired Words

periplasm

Rhymes With

cytoplasmic orgasmic multi-orgasmic endoplasmic sarcoplasmic ectoplasmic protoplasmic intracytoplasmic plasmic miasmic nucleocytoplasmic nonorgasmic

Questions

What does periplasmic mean?: Surrounding the plasma of a bacterium
Where does periplasmic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English plasmic English periplasmic From peri- + plasmic.

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