Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besilate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-si-late
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of besylate.

Etymology

Respelling of besylate by substituting i for y, in accordance with principle № 7 of the World Health Organization’s 2004 “General principles for guidance in devising international nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances” (WHO/EDM/QSM/2004.5).

Inflected Forms

besilates (plural)

Questions

What does besilate mean?: Alternative spelling of besylate.
Where does besilate come from?: Respelling of besylate by substituting i for y, in accordance with principle № 7 of the World Health Organization’s 2004 “General principles for guidance in devising international nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances” (WHO/EDM/QSM/2004.5).

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