Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autotoxicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-tox-i-c-i-ty
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
7
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Self-destruction of a species through the production of chemicals that escape into the environment and directly inhibit the growth of that species.

Uncountable

Etymology

From auto- + toxicity.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

autotoxicities (plural)

Synonyms

self-toxicity

Questions

What does autotoxicity mean?
Self-destruction of a species through the production of chemicals that escape into the environment and directly inhibit the growth of that species.
Where does autotoxicity come from?
From auto- + toxicity.

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