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preprophase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-prophase
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phase of plant mitosis before prophase.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English pro- English phase English prophase English preprophase From pre- + prophase.

Inflected Forms

preprophases (plural)

Derived Forms

preprophasic

Questions

What does preprophase mean?
A phase of plant mitosis before prophase.
Where does preprophase come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English pro- English phase English prophase English preprophase From pre- + prophase.

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