Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemoreceptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chemore-cep-tive
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

able to respond to a chemical stimulus

Etymology

Etymology tree New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- Latin receptus Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive English chemoreceptive From chemo- + receptive.

Inflected Forms

more chemoreceptive (comparative) most chemoreceptive (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

chemoreception

Questions

What does chemoreceptive mean?: able to respond to a chemical stimulus
Where does chemoreceptive come from?: Etymology tree New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- Latin receptus Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive English chemoreceptive From chemo- + receptive.

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