Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parietopsin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pari-etopsin
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of opsins in the parietal eye of some lizards

Example Sentences

"It has been reported that parietopsin, first identified in the parietal eye, is colocalized with and coupled to Go-type G protein in the photoreceptor cells of the lizard parietal eye [31 ]."

Etymology

From parieto- + opsin.

Inflected Forms

parietopsins (plural)

Questions

What does parietopsin mean?: Any of a group of opsins in the parietal eye of some lizards
Where does parietopsin come from?: From parieto- + opsin.

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