Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teratogenicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: ter-ato-genic-i-ty
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The capability to cause malformations or defects to an embryo or foetus.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English teratogenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English teratogenicity From teratogenic + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

teratogenicities (plural)

Questions

What does teratogenicity mean?: The capability to cause malformations or defects to an embryo or foetus.
Where does teratogenicity come from?: Etymology tree English teratogenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English teratogenicity From teratogenic + -ity.

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