mycin
/ˈmaɪ.sɪn/noun
mycin is a noun meaning “Any -mycin compound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-C-I-N, and it appears about once in every 87 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of mycin is mycins.
What does mycin mean?
noun
- 1
Any -mycin compound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce mycin?
- /ˈmaɪ.sɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of mycin
- mycins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is mycin?
Mycin appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with mycin
Sounds like: -micin (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does mycin come from?
From the suffix.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).