Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurotrophin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: neu-rotrophin
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of proteins that stimulate the growth of nerve cells

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English -troph Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English neurotrophin From neuro- + -troph + -in.

Inflected Forms

neurotrophins (plural)

Derived Forms

microneurotrophin multineurotrophin proneurotrophin

Questions

What does neurotrophin mean?: Any of a group of proteins that stimulate the growth of nerve cells
Where does neurotrophin come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English -troph Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English neurotrophin From neuro- + -troph + -in.

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