Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virostatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vi-ro-stat-ic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A drug which inhibits viral replication.

Etymology

Etymology tree English viro- Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English virostatic From viro- + static.

Inflected Forms

more virostatic (comparative) most virostatic (superlative) virustatic (alternative) virostatics (plural)

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What does virostatic mean?
Tending to inhibit viral replication.
Where does virostatic come from?
Etymology tree English viro- Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English virostatic From viro- + static.

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