Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pharming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: pharm-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product

Uncountable

noun

The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests."

Etymology

from pharmaceutical + farming

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

biofarming biopharming

Questions

What does pharming mean?: The use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product
Where does pharming come from?: from pharmaceutical + farming

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