Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prionogenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pri-ono-genic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That generate prions.

Example Sentences

"The best-characterized yeast prionogenic proteins are Sup35 and Ure2p, which, in their aggregated state, form two cytosolic inheritable elements named PSI+ and URE3, respectively."

Etymology

From prion + -o- + genic.

Questions

What does prionogenic mean?: That generate prions.
Where does prionogenic come from?: From prion + -o- + genic.

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