Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paraflagellar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paraflag-el-lar
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a fibrillar structure within the flagella of a protist.

Example Sentences

"We report here that partial disruption of either PFR1 or PFR2 in T. cruzi epimastigotes with the CRISPR/Cas9 system results in accumulation of PFR components at the tip of the flagella and subsequent loss of the paraflagellar rod structure with flagellar detachment from the cell body."

Etymology

From para- + flagellar.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para

Questions

What does paraflagellar mean?: Describing a fibrillar structure within the flagella of a protist.
Where does paraflagellar come from?: From para- + flagellar.

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