Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three-parent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: three---par-ent
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having three genetic parents; that is, having been produced by a process in which the nucleus of one egg is inserted into the cytoplasm of another egg, which contains mitochondrial DNA, and then the hybrid egg is fertilized by a sperm.

Example Sentences

"As transformative as are the medical benefits of three-parent children, the social rewards should not be overlooked."

Questions

What does three-parent mean?: Having three genetic parents; that is, having been produced by a process in which the nucleus of one egg is inserted into the cytoplasm of another egg, which contains mitochondrial DNA, and then the hybrid egg is fertilized by a sperm.

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