Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperflagellation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-flag-el-la-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The production of excessive flagella

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"During swarming, the morphology of temperate swarmers does not significantly change, and processes such as elongation, the formation of multi-nucleoid cells, and hyperflagellation are not observed, unlike in robust swarmers such as Proteus and Vibrio species [14 ,15 ]."

Etymology

From hyper- + flagellation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hyperflagellation mean?: The production of excessive flagella
Where does hyperflagellation come from?: From hyper- + flagellation.

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