Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penicillin-resistant bacteria

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
peni-cillin-re-sis-tan-t bac-te-ria
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
8
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does penicillin-resistant bacteria mean?
bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin

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