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fluorochrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
flu-o-rochrome
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various fluorescent dyes used to stain biological material before microscopic examination

Etymology

From fluoro- + -chrome.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

fluorochromes (plural)

Derived Forms

osteofluorochrome

Frequently Paired Words

fluorochromatic fluorochromic

Questions

What does fluorochrome mean?
Any of various fluorescent dyes used to stain biological material before microscopic examination
Where does fluorochrome come from?
From fluoro- + -chrome.

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