Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genosome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
geno-some
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lipid-DNA complex used for gene delivery in gene therapy

Etymology

From geno- + -some (noun), from Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

genosomes (plural)

Synonyms

Questions

What does genosome mean?
A lipid-DNA complex used for gene delivery in gene therapy
Where does genosome come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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