pralidoxime
/ˌpɹæl.əˈdɑkˌsiːm/noun
pralidoxime is a noun meaning “An oxime used in conjunction with atropine to combat poisoning by organophosphates or acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (nerve agents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-R-A-L-I-D-O-X-I-M-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does pralidoxime mean?
noun
- 1
An oxime used in conjunction with atropine to combat poisoning by organophosphates or acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (nerve agents).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pralidoxime?
- UK /ˌpɹæl.ɪˈdɒk.siːm/
- US /ˌpɹæl.əˈdɑkˌsiːm/
Pralidoxime has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pralidoxime?
Pralidoxime appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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).
Where does pralidoxime come from?
Blend of pyridine + aldoxime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).