tocopherol

Questions about tocopherol

What does tocopherol mean?

tocopherol means "a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body".

How many syllables are in tocopherol?

tocopherol has 4 syllables and divides as to-co-phe-rol 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 tocopherol?

Close synonyms include vitamin E, E. 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 tocopherol a common word?

tocopherol 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.