Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoochemistry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zoo-chem-istry
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1865, he did advanced study in Zoophysics and Zoochemistry while on the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Bonn, and he received his medical degree in 1866."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- English chemistry English zoochemistry From zoo- + chemistry.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

zoöchemistry (alternative)

Questions

What does zoochemistry mean?: Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.
Where does zoochemistry come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- English chemistry English zoochemistry From zoo- + chemistry.

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