Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macrolide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: macrolide
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms

noun

Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure

Inflected Forms

macrolides (plural)

Derived Forms

pimecrolimus sirolimus

Frequently Paired Words

butanolide

Questions

What does macrolide mean?: a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms

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