Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrotransposition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: retro-trans-po-si-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reverse transposition of an RNA intermediate.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English transposition English retrotransposition From retro- + transposition.

Usage

Inflected Forms

retrotranspositions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

retromobile retrotransposon

Questions

What does retrotransposition mean?: The reverse transposition of an RNA intermediate.
Where does retrotransposition come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English transposition English retrotransposition From retro- + transposition.

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