Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypermethylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-me-thy-la-tion
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English methylation English hypermethylation From hyper- + methylation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hypermethylations (plural)

Antonyms

hypomethylation

Questions

What does hypermethylation mean?: an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA.
Where does hypermethylation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English methylation English hypermethylation From hyper- + methylation.

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