Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spirocheticidal

/ˌspaɪroʊˌkitɪˈsaɪdəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spiro-cheti-ci-dal
IPA: /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitɪˈsaɪdəl/

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Killing spirochetes.

Example Sentences

"Penicillin was found to be actively spirocheticidal in vitro against the Reiter, Kazan, Nichols, and Noguchi strains of so called S. pallida, and a strain of mouth spirochetes."

Etymology

From spirochete + -icidal.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spirochete

Inflected Forms

more spirocheticidal (comparative) most spirocheticidal (superlative) spirochetocidal (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

spirochetostatic

Synonyms

spirochetolytic

Questions

How do you pronounce spirocheticidal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitɪˈsaɪdəl/.
What does spirocheticidal mean?: Killing spirochetes.
Where does spirocheticidal come from?: From spirochete + -icidal.

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