Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paratope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paratope
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen.

Etymology

By surface analysis, para- + -tope.

Inflected Forms

paratopes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

agretope allotope desetope epitope glycotope histotope idiotope supertope

Questions

What does paratope mean?: That part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen.
Where does paratope come from?: By surface analysis, para- + -tope.

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