bacteriolytic

1. 1.

   of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis

Questions about bacteriolytic

What does bacteriolytic mean?

bacteriolytic means "of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis".

How many syllables are in bacteriolytic?

bacteriolytic has 6 syllables and divides as bac-te-ri-o-ly-tic 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.

Is bacteriolytic a common word?

bacteriolytic 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.