circumsporozoite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS.
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- English sporozoite English circumsporozoite From circum- + sporozoite.