Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deflagellated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-flag-el-lat-ed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having had the flagella removed.

Example Sentences

"In comparison to the highly flagellated WT, we observed a primarily deflagellated phenotype (Fig 5A left and middle panels)."

Etymology

From de- + flagellated.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Questions

What does deflagellated mean?: Having had the flagella removed.
Where does deflagellated come from?: From de- + flagellated.

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