Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myostatin

/ˈmaɪəʊˌstætɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: myo-statin
IPA: /ˈmaɪəʊˌstætɪn/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Perhaps from myo- (“muscle”) + Latin statos, status, sto (“remain, stand, fix, set"”) or Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”). myo- + -statin?

Word Breakdown

Prefix: myo
Suffix: statin

Usage

Inflected Forms

myostatins (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce myostatin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪəʊˌstætɪn/.
What does myostatin mean?: A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
Where does myostatin come from?: Perhaps from myo- (“muscle”) + Latin statos, status, sto (“remain, stand, fix, set"”) or Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”). myo- + -statin?

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