Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subadjacent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ad-ja-cent
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

underneath and adjacent

Example Sentences

"Interestingly, the iridophores, which are neurally controlled structural reflectors [21 ,22 ] that lie subadjacent to the chromatophore layer [3 ,23 ], do not bind any of the antibodies we used."

Etymology

From sub- + adjacent.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Synonyms

subjacent

Questions

What does subadjacent mean?: underneath and adjacent
Where does subadjacent come from?: From sub- + adjacent.

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