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telodendrion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
telo-den-dri-on
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The terminal branching of an axon; a telodendron.

Etymology

From telo- + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + -ion (suffix used for neo-classical compounds, compare -ιον (-ion)). Attested from the 1890s.

Inflected Forms

telodendrions (plural) telodendron (alternative)

Questions

What does telodendrion mean?
The terminal branching of an axon; a telodendron.
Where does telodendrion come from?
From telo- + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + -ion (suffix used for neo-classical compounds, compare -ιον (-ion)). Attested from the 1890s.

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