biochip

1. 1.

   a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment

   Broaderchip

Other forms of biochip

plural

biochips·

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 biochip

What does biochip mean?

biochip means "a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment".

How many syllables are in biochip?

biochip has 3 syllables: bi-o-chip. The stress falls on "bi".

Is biochip a common word?

biochip 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.