Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemimethylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemimethy-la-tion
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

partial or incomplete methylation

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The unaffected twins showed hemimethylation of 4 (boxes) out of 16 methylation sensitive C nucleotides ( C1+C2 ) and hypomethylation (loss of methylation) in affected twins ( C3+C4 )."

Etymology

From hemi- + methylation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hemimethylation mean?: partial or incomplete methylation
Where does hemimethylation come from?: From hemi- + methylation.

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