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ribotype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ri-bo-type
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The RNA complement of a biological entity

verb

To analyse the ribotypes of (an organism or population)

Transitive verb

Etymology

From ribosome + -type, on analogy with genotype, phenotype, etc.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

ribotypes (plural) ribotypes (present, singular) ribotyping (participle, present) ribotyped (participle, past) ribotyped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

ribotypic

Questions

What does ribotype mean?
The RNA complement of a biological entity
Where does ribotype come from?
From ribosome + -type, on analogy with genotype, phenotype, etc.

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