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hemichannel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hemichan-nel
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A connexin channel formed between two cells.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English channel English hemichannel From hemi- + channel.

Inflected Forms

hemichannels (plural)

Synonyms

hemijunction

Questions

What does hemichannel mean?
A connexin channel formed between two cells.
Where does hemichannel come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English channel English hemichannel From hemi- + channel.

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