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myocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
my-ocyte
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single muscle fiber cell.

Etymology

From myo- + -cyte, thus literally "muscle cell".

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

myocytes (plural)

Derived Forms

cardiomyocyte extramyocyte extramyocytic fibromyocyte intramyocyte myocytic myocytoma neomyocyte nonmyocyte rhabdomyocyte

Synonyms

muscle cell

Questions

What does myocyte mean?
A single muscle fiber cell.
Where does myocyte come from?
From myo- + -cyte, thus literally "muscle cell".

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