Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

midgut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: midgut
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The central loop of the alimentary canal of an embryo between the foregut and the hindgut, in humans and some other animals.

noun

The developed counterpart in the adult: the intermediate part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the second half of the duodenum through the proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English gut English midgut From mid- + gut.

Inflected Forms

midguts (plural)

Derived Forms

mialome

Frequently Paired Words

foregut hindgut

Questions

What does midgut mean?: The central loop of the alimentary canal of an embryo between the foregut and the hindgut, in humans and some other animals.
Where does midgut come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English gut English midgut From mid- + gut.

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