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ribosomal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
ri-bo-so-mal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to ribosomes.

Etymology

From ribosome + -al.

Inflected Forms

more ribosomal (comparative) most ribosomal (superlative)

Derived Forms

extraribosomal interribosomal intraribosomal juxtaribosomal multiribosomal nonribosomal nucleoribosomal postribosomal ribosomally subribosomal

Phrases

ribosomal ribonucleic acid ribosomal RNA

Synonyms

ribosomic

Questions

What does ribosomal mean?
Of or relating to ribosomes.
Where does ribosomal come from?
From ribosome + -al.

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