Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxol

/ˈtæksɒl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: tax-ol
IPA: /ˈtæksɒl/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.

noun

A taxane, C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄, used to treat cancer; Taxol.

Example Sentences

"The powerful anti-cancer drug taxol is extracted from the leaves of the yew tree."

Etymology

See taxol.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: taxus
Suffix: -ol

Inflected Forms

taxols (plural)

Derived Forms

paclitaxel taxoid

Questions

How do you pronounce taxol?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtæksɒl/.
What does taxol mean?: Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
Where does taxol come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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