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heterotrimer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-erotrimer
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different (but similar) monomers.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English trimer English heterotrimer From hetero- + trimer.

Inflected Forms

heterotrimers (plural)

Derived Forms

heterotrimeric heterotrimerization

Frequently Paired Words

polymer homotrimer

Questions

What does heterotrimer mean?
A trimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different (but similar) monomers.
Where does heterotrimer come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English trimer English heterotrimer From hetero- + trimer.

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