Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rapalogue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-pa-logue
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several synthetic drugs that are analogues of rapamycin

Example Sentences

"However, despite initially promising preclinical and clinical data in renal cell carcinoma, studies now suggest that as single agents, the activity of rapalogues is modest and sporadic in other solid tumors."

Etymology

Blend of rapamycin + analogue. By surface analysis, rapamycin + -logue.

Inflected Forms

rapalogues (plural)

Questions

What does rapalogue mean?: Any of several synthetic drugs that are analogues of rapamycin
Where does rapalogue come from?: Blend of rapamycin + analogue. By surface analysis, rapamycin + -logue.

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