Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypomethylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: hy-pomethy-la-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a decrease in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English methylation English hypomethylation From hypo- + methylation.

Inflected Forms

hypomethylations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hypomethylated

Antonyms

hypermethylation

Questions

What does hypomethylation mean?: a decrease in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA
Where does hypomethylation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English methylation English hypomethylation From hypo- + methylation.

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