Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oocytelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oocyte-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of an oocyte.

Example Sentences

"Surprisingly, activation of oocytes occurred in the absence of meiotic resumption, resulting in cells with an oocytelike nucleus and interior cytoplasm, but with a zygotelike cortex."

Etymology

From oocyte + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oocyte

Inflected Forms

more oocytelike (comparative) most oocytelike (superlative)

Questions

What does oocytelike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of an oocyte.
Where does oocytelike come from?: From oocyte + -like.

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