argyrol

1. 1.

   antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol)

   Synonymsmild silver protein

   Broaderantiseptic

   trade name

Other forms of argyrol

plural

argyrols·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about argyrol

What does argyrol mean?

argyrol means "antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol)".

How many syllables are in argyrol?

argyrol has 3 syllables: ar-gy-rol. The stress falls on "ar".

What is another word for argyrol?

Close synonyms include mild silver protein. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is argyrol a common word?

argyrol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.