Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudoautosomal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pseu-doau-to-so-mal
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing genes in the X- and Y- chromosomes that behave like autosomes during meiosis

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English autosomal English pseudoautosomal From pseudo- + autosomal.

Questions

What does pseudoautosomal mean?
Describing genes in the X- and Y- chromosomes that behave like autosomes during meiosis
Where does pseudoautosomal come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English autosomal English pseudoautosomal From pseudo- + autosomal.

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