Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ignorome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ig-norome
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.

Example Sentences

"What proportion of genes with intense and selective expression in specific tissues, cells, or systems are still almost completely uncharacterized with respect to biological function? In what ways do these functionally enigmatic genes differ from well-studied genes? To address these two questions, we devised a computational approach that defines so-called ignoromes."

Etymology

From ignore + -ome.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ignore

Inflected Forms

ignoromes (plural)

Questions

What does ignorome mean?: Sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.
Where does ignorome come from?: From ignore + -ome.

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