Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterochromatin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: het-e-rochro-matin
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English chromatin English heterochromatin From hetero- + chromatin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

heterochromatins (plural)

Derived Forms

heterochromatinic heterochromatinization

Frequently Paired Words

chromatin euchromatin

Questions

What does heterochromatin mean?: Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive
Where does heterochromatin come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English chromatin English heterochromatin From hetero- + chromatin.

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