Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyposensitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-posen-si-tive
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having abnormally low sensitivity.

Example Sentences

"Compared to controls, larval EcR mutants were hyposensitive to both thermal (Fig 2A) and mechanical (Fig 3A) stimulation."

Etymology

From hypo- + sensitive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hypo

Inflected Forms

more hyposensitive (comparative) most hyposensitive (superlative)

Questions

What does hyposensitive mean?: Having abnormally low sensitivity.
Where does hyposensitive come from?: From hypo- + sensitive.

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