tri-iodothyronine

1. 1.

   thyronine with three iodine atoms added

   Broaderiodothyronine

Questions about tri-iodothyronine

What does tri-iodothyronine mean?

tri-iodothyronine means "thyronine with three iodine atoms added".

How many syllables are in tri-iodothyronine?

tri-iodothyronine has 7 syllables and divides as tri--i-o-do-thy-ro-nine 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 tri-iodothyronine a common word?

tri-iodothyronine 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.