Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bufotenine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bu-fote-nine
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the late 1950s Howard Fabing, a medical doctor, obtained permission to inject bufotenine intravenously into a number of inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary."

Etymology

From French bufoténine, from Latin bufo (“toad”) + ten- (uncertain element) + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ine

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

bufotenin (alternative)

Questions

What does bufotenine mean?: An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
Where does bufotenine come from?: From French bufoténine, from Latin bufo (“toad”) + ten- (uncertain element) + -ine.

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