Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protargol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-tar-gol
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Silver proteinate, originally used as an antiseptic and later for staining in electron microscopy.

Uncountable

Etymology

From German Protargol, from Pro(tein) + Latin arg(entum) (“silver”) + -ol.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Protargol
Suffix: ol

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does protargol mean?: Silver proteinate, originally used as an antiseptic and later for staining in electron microscopy.
Where does protargol come from?: It is traced to German.

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