griseofulvin

Questions about griseofulvin

What does griseofulvin mean?

griseofulvin means "a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium".

How many syllables are in griseofulvin?

griseofulvin has 5 syllables and divides as gri-se-o-ful-vin 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 griseofulvin?

Close synonyms include Fulvicin. 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 griseofulvin a common word?

griseofulvin 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for griseofulvin come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.