Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virotherapy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: vi-rother-a-py
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of genetically modified viruses to treat cancer.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From viro- + therapy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: viro

Usage

Inflected Forms

virotherapies (plural)

Derived Forms

immunovirotherapy parvovirotherapy radiovirotherapy

Questions

What does virotherapy mean?: The use of genetically modified viruses to treat cancer.
Where does virotherapy come from?: From viro- + therapy.

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