spermicidal

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   destructive to spermatozoa

Questions about spermicidal

What does spermicidal mean?

spermicidal means "destructive to spermatozoa".

How many syllables are in spermicidal?

spermicidal has 4 syllables: sper-mi-ci-dal. The stress falls on "mi".

Is spermicidal a common word?

spermicidal 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.