Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhodococcus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: rhodococ-cus
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bacterium of the genus Rhodococcus.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “red”) + Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”). By surface analysis, rhodo- + -coccus.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ῥόδον, κόκκος

Inflected Forms

rhodococci (plural)

Questions

What does rhodococcus mean?: Any bacterium of the genus Rhodococcus.
Where does rhodococcus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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