Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psoralen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: pso-ralen
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of furanocoumarins, from the seeds of various plants, that are used to treat psoriasis, eczema and vitiligo.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

psoralens (plural)

Derived Forms

trimethylpsoralen

Questions

What does psoralen mean?: Any of a group of furanocoumarins, from the seeds of various plants, that are used to treat psoriasis, eczema and vitiligo.

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