Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intermediate filament

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-me-di-ate -fil-a-ment
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

8

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of twisted protein filaments intermediate in size between microfilaments and microtubules.

Inflected Forms

intermediate filaments (plural)

Questions

What does intermediate filament mean?: Any of a family of twisted protein filaments intermediate in size between microfilaments and microtubules.

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