Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiosemicarbazide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thiosemi-car-bazide
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An analogue of a semicarbazide that contains a sulfur atom in place of the oxygen atom.

Etymology

From thio- + semicarbazide.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thio

Inflected Forms

thiosemicarbazides (plural)

Derived Forms

isothiosemicarbazide

Questions

What does thiosemicarbazide mean?: An analogue of a semicarbazide that contains a sulfur atom in place of the oxygen atom.
Where does thiosemicarbazide come from?: From thio- + semicarbazide.

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