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photoinhibit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-toin-hib-it
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To photochemically inhibit

Etymology

From photo- + inhibit.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

photoinhibits (present, singular) photoinhibiting (participle, present) photoinhibited (participle, past) photoinhibited (past)

Frequently Paired Words

photoinhibition

Questions

What does photoinhibit mean?
To photochemically inhibit
Where does photoinhibit come from?
From photo- + inhibit.

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