iodothyronine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a range of iodinated derivatives of thyronine, especially thyroxine.
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor. Proto-Hellenic *wion Ancient Greek ἴον (íon) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)der. English iodo- English thyronine English iodothyronine From iodo- + thyronine.