Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterocytotropic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-e-ro-cy-totrop-ic
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Affecting cells of a species other than that in which it originated.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English cytotropic English heterocytotropic From hetero- + cytotropic.

Frequently Paired Words

homocytotropic

Rhymes With

topic microscopic philanthropic tropic telescopic spectroscopic macroscopic ectopic endoscopic myopic psychotropic atopic

Questions

What does heterocytotropic mean?: Affecting cells of a species other than that in which it originated.
Where does heterocytotropic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English cytotropic English heterocytotropic From hetero- + cytotropic.

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