Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyclonal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: poly-clon-al
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin

noun

Synonym of polyclonal antibody.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English clonal English polyclonal From poly- + clonal.

Inflected Forms

more polyclonal (comparative) most polyclonal (superlative) polyclonals (plural)

Derived Forms

polyclonality polyclonally

Phrases

polyclonal antibody

Frequently Paired Words

polyclone

Synonyms

polyclonal antibody

Questions

What does polyclonal mean?: descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin
Where does polyclonal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English clonal English polyclonal From poly- + clonal.

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