Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encephalitogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-cephal-i-to-gen
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance that causes encephalitis.

Example Sentences

"At the time, there was much controversy over whether brain homogenate contained one or multiple encephalitogens, and over which of the partially purified mixtures prepared with the limited methods available was the relevant encephalitogen."

Etymology

From encephalitis + -o- + -gen.

Inflected Forms

encephalitogens (plural)

Questions

What does encephalitogen mean?: Any substance that causes encephalitis.
Where does encephalitogen come from?: From encephalitis + -o- + -gen.

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