Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homeothermic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: homeother-mic
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to or being a homeotherm, an animal capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.

Etymology

By surface analysis, homeo- + -thermic, from the Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind, similar”) in conjunction with θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), or, by surface analysis, homeotherm + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὅμοιος

Inflected Forms

homeothermal (alternative) homoiothermic (alternative) homothermal (alternative) homœothermic (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

homoeothermic homoiothermic homothermic

Synonyms

warm-blooded endothermic endothermal homoeothermal homoiothermal homothermal homoiothermic homothermic

Antonyms

cold-blooded ectothermic ectothermal poikilothermic poikilothermal

Questions

What does homeothermic mean?: Related to or being a homeotherm, an animal capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
Where does homeothermic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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