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molecular biology

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
molec-u-lar bi-ol-o-gy
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The branch of biology that studies the macromolecules of life, such as proteins, lipoproteins and nucleic acids.

Uncountable

noun

The branch of biology that studies the manipulation of genetic sequence of DNA.

Uncountable

noun

The technology of gene manipulation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

molbio (alternative) mbio (alternative)

Phrases

molecular biologist

Frequently Paired Words

biotech biotechnology microbiologist microbiology molecular biologist

Questions

What does molecular biology mean?
The branch of biology that studies the macromolecules of life, such as proteins, lipoproteins and nucleic acids.

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