Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ribonucleoprotein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
ri-bonu-cle-o-pro-tein
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English ribo- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English protein English nucleoprotein English ribonucleoprotein From ribo- + nucleoprotein.

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Questions

What does ribonucleoprotein mean?
Any nucleoprotein that contains RNA.
Where does ribonucleoprotein come from?
Etymology tree English ribo- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English protein English nucleoprotein English ribonucleoprotein From ribo- + nucleoprotein.

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