Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telomeric

/ˌtɛləˈmɛɹɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: telom-er-ic
IPA: /ˌtɛləˈmɛɹɪk/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a telomere.

Etymology

Etymology tree English telomere Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telomeric From telomere + -ic.

Derived Forms

bitelomeric extratelomeric heterotelomeric homotelomeric intertelomeric intratelomeric multitelomeric nontelomeric peritelomeric subtelomeric telomerically

Questions

How do you pronounce telomeric?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɛləˈmɛɹɪk/.
What does telomeric mean?: Of or pertaining to a telomere.
Where does telomeric come from?: Etymology tree English telomere Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telomeric From telomere + -ic.

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