Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trophoblastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: tro-phoblas-tic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to a trophoblast.

Etymology

Etymology tree English trophoblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English trophoblastic From trophoblast + -ic.

Derived Forms

nontrophoblastic

Phrases

trophoblastic lacuna

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

What does trophoblastic mean?: Of, or relating to a trophoblast.
Where does trophoblastic come from?: Etymology tree English trophoblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English trophoblastic From trophoblast + -ic.

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