Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pericentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: peri-cen-tric
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Of or pertaining to a pericentre

adj

Of or pertaining to the centromere of a chromosome

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English centric English pericentric From peri- + centric.

Inflected Forms

more pericentric (comparative) most pericentric (superlative)

Questions

What does pericentric mean?: pericentral
Where does pericentric come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English centric English pericentric From peri- + centric.

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