Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

substrain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-strain
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subset of a strain, especially one derived from a single cell

Etymology

From sub- + strain.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

substrains (plural)

Questions

What does substrain mean?: A subset of a strain, especially one derived from a single cell
Where does substrain come from?: From sub- + strain.

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