Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phytosphingosine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phy-tosph-in-go-sine
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

dihydrosphingosine (and related compounds)

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek φῠτός (phŭtós)nom. Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- English sphingosine English phytosphingosine From phyto- + sphingosine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

phytosphingosines (plural)

Questions

What does phytosphingosine mean?: dihydrosphingosine (and related compounds)
Where does phytosphingosine come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φῠτός (phŭtós)nom. Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- English sphingosine English phytosphingosine From phyto- + sphingosine.

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