Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octasome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-ta-some
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any one of eight homologous chromosomes in an aneuploid complement

Etymology

From octa- + -some.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: octa
Suffix: some

Inflected Forms

octasomes (plural)

Questions

What does octasome mean?: Any one of eight homologous chromosomes in an aneuploid complement
Where does octasome come from?: From octa- + -some.

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