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pleiotropic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
pleiotrop-ic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to pleiotropy.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pleiotropy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pleiotropic From pleiotropy + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more pleiotropic (comparative) most pleiotropic (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpleiotropic pleiotropically

Rhymes With

topic microscopic philanthropic tropic telescopic spectroscopic macroscopic ectopic endoscopic myopic psychotropic atopic

Questions

What does pleiotropic mean?
Of or pertaining to pleiotropy.
Where does pleiotropic come from?
Etymology tree English pleiotropy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pleiotropic From pleiotropy + -ic.

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