Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroplasm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-plasm
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

heteroplasms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

heteroplasia heteroplasmic

Questions

What does heteroplasm mean?: Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
Where does heteroplasm come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English plasm English heteroplasm From hetero- + plasm.

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