Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multiciliated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-cil-i-at-ed
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having multiple cilia.

Example Sentences

"In this work of Schueler et al., DCDC2 protein has been identified to colocalize with alpha-tubulin to the axoneme of primary cilia of human renal tubule cells and cholangiocytes in human liver and to multiciliated ependymal cells and pia mater cells in mouse brain."

Etymology

From multi- + ciliated.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: multi

Questions

What does multiciliated mean?: Having multiple cilia.
Where does multiciliated come from?: From multi- + ciliated.

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