Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subgerminal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ger-mi-nal
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Below the germinal disc.

Example Sentences

"Even before a chicken egg is laid, cells with greater amounts of yolk begin falling into a subgerminal cavity beneath the blastoderm."

Etymology

From sub- + germinal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Questions

What does subgerminal mean?: Below the germinal disc.
Where does subgerminal come from?: From sub- + germinal.

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