Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demecycline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-me-cy-cline
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tetracycline antibiotic, 6-desmethyltetracycline.

Uncountable

Etymology

From de(s)me(thyl) + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

Usage

Questions

What does demecycline mean?
A tetracycline antibiotic, 6-desmethyltetracycline.
Where does demecycline come from?
From de(s)me(thyl) + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

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