larotid

Questions about larotid

What does larotid mean?

larotid means "an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections".

How many syllables are in larotid?

larotid has 3 syllables and divides as la-ro-tid 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 larotid?

Close synonyms include amoxicillin, Amoxil, Polymox, Trimox, Augmentin. 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 larotid a common word?

larotid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.