Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

omegasome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: omega-some
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cup-shaped protrusion from the endoplasmic reticulum that serves as a platform for autophagosome biogenesis in mammalian cells.

Etymology

From omega + -some, from the similarity in shape to the letter omega.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: omega

Inflected Forms

omegasomes (plural)

Questions

What does omegasome mean?: A cup-shaped protrusion from the endoplasmic reticulum that serves as a platform for autophagosome biogenesis in mammalian cells.
Where does omegasome come from?: From omega + -some, from the similarity in shape to the letter omega.

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