Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semilethality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semilethal-i-ty
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being semilethal.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In Drosophila melanogaster a single orthologous hand gene is expressed with absence of the respective protein causing semilethality during early larval instars."

Etymology

From semi- + lethality.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does semilethality mean?: The quality of being semilethal.
Where does semilethality come from?: From semi- + lethality.

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