Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemiamyloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-amy-loid
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).

Example Sentences

"Fuscopannaria and Moelleropsis share important characters like the hemiamyloid reaction of the hymenium and the amyloid tube structure of the ascus apex."

Etymology

From hemi- + amyloid.

Inflected Forms

more hemiamyloid (comparative) most hemiamyloid (superlative)

Questions

What does hemiamyloid mean?: Describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).
Where does hemiamyloid come from?: From hemi- + amyloid.

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