microsomal

1. 1.

   of or relating to microsomes

Questions about microsomal

What does microsomal mean?

microsomal means "of or relating to microsomes".

How many syllables are in microsomal?

microsomal has 4 syllables and divides as mi-cro-so-mal 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 microsomal a common word?

microsomal 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.