Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thanatomicrobiome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thanatomi-cro-biome
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The microbiome existing in a mammalian host after it dies.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What happens to these cells after human host death, defined here as the thanatomicrobiome (i.e., thanatos-, Greek defn., death), is not clear."
"Future studies should collect data based on these variables to investigate the thanatomicrobiome of the decomposing tissue in addition to soil microbiome interactions."
"There is currently a paucity of explorations of the thanatomicrobiome (thanatos-, Greek for death) and epinecrotic communities (microbial communities residing in and/or moving on the surface of decomposing remains)."
"Thanatomicrobiome studies suggest that microbial succession after death may have the potential to reveal important postmortem biomarkers for the identification of time of death."

Etymology

From thanato- + microbiome.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thanato

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

thanatomicrobiomic

Questions

What does thanatomicrobiome mean?: The microbiome existing in a mammalian host after it dies.
Where does thanatomicrobiome come from?: From thanato- + microbiome.

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