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mirna

/mˈɝnə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
mir-na
IPA
/mˈɝnə/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A microRNA.

noun

microRNA

Example Sentences

Etymology

From microRNA. The seminal article on microRNAs did not introduce the abbreviation miRNA nor the term microRNA, but rather referred to the entities as small RNAs.

Inflected Forms

miRNAs (plural)

Derived Forms

miRNAome

Homonyms

myrna

Rhymes With

smyrna verna myrna erna sirna perna kudrna

Questions

How do you pronounce mirna?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɝnə/.
What does mirna mean?
A microRNA.
Where does mirna come from?
From microRNA. The seminal article on microRNAs did not introduce the abbreviation miRNA nor the term microRNA, but rather referred to the entities as small RNAs.

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