Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diphosphonate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: diphos-pho-nate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound (especially a class of drugs) having two phosphonate groups

Etymology

From di- + phosphonate.

Inflected Forms

diphosphonates (plural)

Derived Forms

methylenediphosphonate

Phrases

aminohydroxypropylidene diphosphonate methylene diphosphonate

Synonyms

biphosphonate bisphosphonate

Questions

What does diphosphonate mean?: Any compound (especially a class of drugs) having two phosphonate groups
Where does diphosphonate come from?: From di- + phosphonate.

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