Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paramutagenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: para-mu-ta-genic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or causing paramutation

Example Sentences

"The results differ from classical examples of paramutation, which is a phenomenon of gene-silencing where a paramutagenic allele has the ability to silence the paramutable allele, and paramutable alleles gain the ability to be paramutagenic."

Etymology

From para- + mutagenic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para

Questions

What does paramutagenic mean?: Relating to, or causing paramutation
Where does paramutagenic come from?: From para- + mutagenic.

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