Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supraphysiological

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sup-ra-phys-i-o-log-i-cal
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
8
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a dose of a medicine that is larger than that of an equivalent hormone or other compound normally present in the body

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs) English physio- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English -logical Latin physiologicus ▲ Middle English -al English -al English physiological English supraphysiological From supra- + physiological.

Inflected Forms

more supraphysiological (comparative) most supraphysiological (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does supraphysiological mean?
Of or pertaining to amounts greater than normally found in the body.
Where does supraphysiological come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs) English physio- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English -logical Latin physiologicus ▲ Middle English -al English -al English physiological English supraphysiological From supra- + physiological.

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