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capreomycin

/ˌkæp.ɹi.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
capre-omycin
IPA
/ˌkæp.ɹi.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyclic peptide antibiotic obtained from a bacterium Saccharothrix mutabilis capreolus, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, given in combination with other antibiotics for tuberculosis.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin caprea Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin capreolus English -mycin English capreomycin From Latin capreolus + English -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkæp.ɹi.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

capreomycins (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce capreomycin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkæp.ɹi.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/.
What does capreomycin mean?
A cyclic peptide antibiotic obtained from a bacterium Saccharothrix mutabilis capreolus, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, given in combination with other antibiotics for tuberculosis.
Where does capreomycin come from?
Etymology tree Latin caprea Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin capreolus English -mycin English capreomycin From Latin capreolus + English -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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