Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neoprontosil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neo-pron-tosil
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soluble form of prontosil.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the field of therapeutic aids, chemotherapy and antibiotics have been completely developed since that time. We had prontosil and neoprontosil and thought we were very fortunate."

Etymology

From neo- + prontosil.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does neoprontosil mean?: A soluble form of prontosil.
Where does neoprontosil come from?: From neo- + prontosil.

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