Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfathiourea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sul-fathiourea
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sulfonamide antibacterial.

Uncountable

Etymology

From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”) + thiourea.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sulphathiourea (alternative, UK)

Questions

What does sulfathiourea mean?
A sulfonamide antibacterial.
Where does sulfathiourea come from?
From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”) + thiourea.

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