Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentaribonucleotide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-tari-bonu-cleotide
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units

Example Sentences

"This complex unwinds duplex DNA while synthesizing pentaribonucleotide RNA primers for use by the lagging strand polymerase (gp43)."

Etymology

From penta- + ribonucleotide.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: penta

Inflected Forms

pentaribonucleotides (plural)

Questions

What does pentaribonucleotide mean?: An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units
Where does pentaribonucleotide come from?: From penta- + ribonucleotide.

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