Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postdauer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-dauer
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.

Example Sentences

"[…] postdauer developmental pathway. The extent of suppression is independent of the length of dauer arrest. Postdauer development in suppressed animals appears essentially wildtype, […]"
"... postdauer csr-1 hypomorph mutants compared to wild-type postdauer worms (Hall et al., 2013)."

Etymology

From post- + dauer.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Inflected Forms

postdauers (plural)

Questions

What does postdauer mean?: A stage in the development of nematode larvae following dauer; the organism at this stage.
Where does postdauer come from?: From post- + dauer.

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