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rhizotonic

rhizotonic adjective: having the stressed syllable within the root of the word.

Adjective

rhizotonic (not comparable)

  1. Having the stressed syllable within the root of the word.
    Synonyms:
    root-stressed
    Antonyms:
    arrhizotonic

Synonyms of rhizotonic

  • root-stressed

Antonyms

Origin of rhizotonic

From rhizo- (“root”) + tonic.

Questions about rhizotonic

What does rhizotonic mean?
Rhizotonic means having the stressed syllable within the root of the word.
What part of speech is rhizotonic?
Rhizotonic is an adjective.

Words near rhizotonic in the dictionary

  1. rhizotomies
  2. rhizotomist
  3. rhizotomists
  4. rhizotomous
  5. rhizotomy
  6. rhizotonic
  7. rhizotoxic
  8. rhizotoxicity
  9. rhizotoxin
  10. rhizotoxins
  11. rhizotron

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