Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mycetome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myce-tome
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of a pair of organs, in the gut of an insect, composed of mycetocytes, that are involved in the metabolism of vitamins etc

Etymology

From mycete + -ome.

Inflected Forms

mycetomes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mycetomic

Questions

What does mycetome mean?: Either of a pair of organs, in the gut of an insect, composed of mycetocytes, that are involved in the metabolism of vitamins etc
Where does mycetome come from?: From mycete + -ome.

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