Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulphonamide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sulphonamide
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of sulfonamide.

British usage

Example Sentences

"In the early 1930s, researchers in Germany produced a group of antibacterial drugs known as sulphonamides, but they didn’t always work well and often had serious side effects."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

sulphonamides (plural)

Questions

What does sulphonamide mean?: Alternative spelling of sulfonamide.

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