Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flectopodium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flec-topodi-um
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.

Example Sentences

"Flectopodia are 7–30 µm long, present in 9% of GFP-actin+-cells on vessels (n = 266), with the ability to elongate for up to 20 µm or more, at a rate of 14–99 µm/hour, and to form a bent vessel segment in 30 minutes."

Etymology

From Latin flectō (“bend”) + -podium (“leg-like structure”).

Inflected Forms

flectopodia (plural)

Questions

What does flectopodium mean?: Flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.
Where does flectopodium come from?: From Latin flectō (“bend”) + -podium (“leg-like structure”).

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