Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperosmotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-os-mot-ic
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Relating to hyperosmolarity

adj

Relating to hyperosmosis

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English osmotic English hyperosmotic From hyper- + osmotic.

Inflected Forms

more hyperosmotic (comparative) most hyperosmotic (superlative)

Questions

What does hyperosmotic mean?: hypertonic
Where does hyperosmotic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English osmotic English hyperosmotic From hyper- + osmotic.

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