roxithromycin
/ɹɑkˌsɪθ.ɹəˈmaɪ.sɪn/noun
roxithromycin is a noun meaning “A semisynthetic derivative of erythromycin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-X-I-T-H-R-O-M-Y-C-I-N and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does roxithromycin mean?
noun
- 1
A semisynthetic derivative of erythromycin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce roxithromycin?
- UK /ɹɒkˌsɪθ.ɹə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/
- US /ɹɑkˌsɪθ.ɹəˈmaɪ.sɪn/
Roxithromycin has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of roxithromycin
- roxythromycin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is roxithromycin?
Roxithromycin appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 roxithromycin come from?
From [Term?] + er(ythromycin).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).