Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarafotoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sarafo-tox-in
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of toxins derived from the venom of the snake Atractaspis engaddensis.

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׂרָף (saráf, “venomous snake”) + toxin.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: שָׂרָף

Inflected Forms

sarafotoxins (plural)

Questions

What does sarafotoxin mean?: Any of a class of toxins derived from the venom of the snake Atractaspis engaddensis.
Where does sarafotoxin come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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