Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gnotobiotic

/ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈɒtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: gno-to-bi-ot-ic
IPA: /ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈɒtɪk/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to gnotobiotics.

adj

Known with good certainty to be free of contaminating species, and thus offering such qualities as immunological naivete.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + English -biotic.

Derived Forms

gnotobiotically

Frequently Paired Words

abiotic antibiotic gnotobiont gnotobiota gnotobiote xenobiotic xenofree axenic

Questions

How do you pronounce gnotobiotic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈɒtɪk/.
What does gnotobiotic mean?: Pertaining to gnotobiotics.
Where does gnotobiotic come from?: From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + English -biotic.

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