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nucleoprotein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cle-o-pro-tein
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English protein English nucleoprotein From nucleo- + protein.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nucleoproteins (plural)

Derived Forms

antinucleoprotein nucleophosphoprotein nucleoproteinaceous ribonucleoprotein

Questions

What does nucleoprotein mean?
Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein.
Where does nucleoprotein come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English protein English nucleoprotein From nucleo- + protein.

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