Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pericentromeric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peri-cen-tromer-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated near, or on each side of, the centromere of a chromosome

adj

Related to a pericentromere

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more pericentromeric (comparative) most pericentromeric (superlative)

Questions

What does pericentromeric mean?: Situated near, or on each side of, the centromere of a chromosome
Where does pericentromeric come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English centromeric English pericentromeric From peri- + centromeric.

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