Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precipitin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cip-itin
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any antibody that reacts with an antigen to form a precipitate.

Etymology

Etymology tree English precipitate Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English precipitin From precipitate + -in.

Inflected Forms

precipitins (plural)

Derived Forms

antiprecipitin coctoprecipitin precipitinogen

Phrases

precipitin test

Questions

What does precipitin mean?: Any antibody that reacts with an antigen to form a precipitate.
Where does precipitin come from?: Etymology tree English precipitate Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English precipitin From precipitate + -in.

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