Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polynucleotide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: polynu-cleotide
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English -ide English nucleotide English polynucleotide From poly- + nucleotide.

Inflected Forms

polynucleotides (plural)

Derived Forms

homopolynucleotide polynucleotidase polynucleotidic

Phrases

poly skin

Questions

What does polynucleotide mean?: A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA
Where does polynucleotide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English -ide English nucleotide English polynucleotide From poly- + nucleotide.

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