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microsome

/ˈmaɪk.ɹə.soʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
micro-some
IPA
/ˈmaɪk.ɹə.soʊm/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vesicle formed as an artifact of cell disruption

Etymology

From micro- + -some.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmaɪk.ɹə.soʊm/
  • British English: /ˈmaɪk.ɹə.səʊm/

Inflected Forms

microsomes (plural)

Derived Forms

antimicrosome microsomal microsomic

Questions

How do you pronounce microsome?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪk.ɹə.soʊm/.
What does microsome mean?
A vesicle formed as an artifact of cell disruption
Where does microsome come from?
From micro- + -some.

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