Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cytoadhesion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cy-toad-he-sion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Adhesion of cells.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To investigate if the in silico results are consistent with physiological observations, we studied the cytoadhesion of human parasitized (Plasmodium falciparum) erythrocytes to primary human STB cultures, in flow conditions with different WSS values."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin adhaesiōnemlbor. French adhésionder. English adhesion English cytoadhesion From cyto- + adhesion.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cyto

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does cytoadhesion mean?: Adhesion of cells.
Where does cytoadhesion come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin adhaesiōnemlbor. French adhésionder. English adhesion English cytoadhesion From cyto- + adhesion.

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