Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polymorphonuclear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: poly-mor-phonu-cle-ar
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a nucleus with lobes of diverse shapes

noun

Such a leucocyte; a neutrophil

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der. English morpho- English nuclear English polymorphonuclear From poly- + morpho- + nuclear.

Inflected Forms

polymorphonuclears (plural)

Derived Forms

polymorphonucleated

Frequently Paired Words

polynuclear

Synonyms

PMN polymorphonuclear cell polymorphonuclear leukocyte PMN cell PMN leukocyte

Questions

What does polymorphonuclear mean?: Having a nucleus with lobes of diverse shapes
Where does polymorphonuclear come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der. English morpho- English nuclear English polymorphonuclear From poly- + morpho- + nuclear.

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