immunoreceptor
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A family of receptors found on leukocytes that regulate cell activity in an immune response.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English receptor English immunoreceptor From immuno- + receptor.
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
Non-catalytic tyrosine-phosphorylated receptor
Src-family kinase-dependent receptor