Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somatotropism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: so-ma-totropism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is noteworthy that the changes of hyper-somatotropism ensue so gradually that they literally creep under the skin of their victims."

Etymology

From somato- + -tropism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: somato
Suffix: tropism

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

hypersomatotropism hyposomatotropism

Questions

What does somatotropism mean?: A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.
Where does somatotropism come from?: From somato- + -tropism.

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