Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychrophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: psy-chrophilic
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Especially of certain bacteria: capable of living at relatively low temperature.

Etymology

From psychro- + -philic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: psychro
Root: *bʰes-
Suffix: philic

Derived Forms

piezopsychrophilic psychrophilicity

Frequently Paired Words

extremophile

Synonyms

cryophilic cryophilous

Antonyms

cold-sensitive cryosensitive psychrosensitive

Questions

What does psychrophilic mean?: Especially of certain bacteria: capable of living at relatively low temperature.
Where does psychrophilic come from?: From psychro- + -philic.

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