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ichthyol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ichthy-ol
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ammonium salt of sulfonated bitumen; used to treat some forms of skin diseases

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + -ol, since it is an oily mixture prepared by dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ichthyols (plural)

Questions

What does ichthyol mean?
The ammonium salt of sulfonated bitumen; used to treat some forms of skin diseases
Where does ichthyol come from?
Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + -ol, since it is an oily mixture prepared by dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes.

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