biometal

B3I1O1M3E1T1A1L1

noun

Any metal that has a biochemical function.

OriginEnglish metal ← Middle English metal ← Old French meta →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbiometal (plural biometals)

plural biometals

  1. biochemistryAny metal that has a biochemical function.
    1. especiallyoftenbiochemistryOne of the principal ones (calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, or copper), as opposed to trace ones (such as lithium).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Latinmetallum
  6. Old Frenchmeta
  7. Middle Englishmetal
  8. Englishmetal
  9. Englishbiometal

From bio- + metal.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

biometal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biometal

MLA

“biometal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biometal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biometal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biometal.

Source: biometal on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.