Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encephalopsin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-cephalopsin
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of opsins that are expressed within the brain

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From encephalo- + opsin.

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Questions

What does encephalopsin mean?
Any of a class of opsins that are expressed within the brain
Where does encephalopsin come from?
From encephalo- + opsin.

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