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microarray

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
mi-croar-ray
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay itself

Etymology

From micro- + array.

Inflected Forms

microarrays (plural)

Derived Forms

intermicroarray microarrayed microarrayer oligomicroarray

Phrases

antibody microarray cell microarray chemical compound microarray DNA microarray protein microarray tissue microarray

Frequently Paired Words

glycoarray

Questions

What does microarray mean?
Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay itself
Where does microarray come from?
From micro- + array.

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