Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verocytotoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ve-ro-cy-to-tox-in
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of toxins, found in some microorganisms of genus Shigella and Escherichia, that can cause acute renal failure.

Etymology

From Vero (from Esperanto verda reno (literally “green kidney”)) + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “cell”) + toxin.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: verda reno, κύτος

Inflected Forms

verocytotoxins (plural)

Derived Forms

verocytotoxigenic

Questions

What does verocytotoxin mean?: Any of a group of toxins, found in some microorganisms of genus Shigella and Escherichia, that can cause acute renal failure.
Where does verocytotoxin come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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