axerophthol

Questions about axerophthol

What does axerophthol mean?

axerophthol means "any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes".

How many syllables are in axerophthol?

axerophthol has 4 syllables and divides as ax-e-roph-thol under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for axerophthol?

Close synonyms include vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor, A. 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 axerophthol a common word?

axerophthol 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.