polycaprolactone
noun
polycaprolactone is spelled P-O-L-Y-C-A-P-R-O-L-A-C-T-O-N-E: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polycaprolactone means “A biodegradable polyester used in medical applications such as sutures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polycaprolactone is polycaprolactones.
How many letters and syllables are in polycaprolactone?
| Letters | 16: P-O-L-Y-C-A-P-R-O-L-A-C-T-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is polycaprolactone?
Polycaprolactone appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).
Forms of polycaprolactone
- polycaprolactones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polycaprolactone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A biodegradable polyester used in medical applications such as sutures
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate polycaprolactone?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of polycaprolactone: PCL.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).