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despiralize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-s-pi-ral-ize
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To uncoil, especially a chromonema as part of meiosis

Etymology

From de- + spiralize.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

despiralizes (present, singular) despiralizing (participle, present) despiralized (participle, past) despiralized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

despiralization

Questions

What does despiralize mean?
To uncoil, especially a chromonema as part of meiosis
Where does despiralize come from?
From de- + spiralize.

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