transcriptome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
Example Sentences
- "Within three weeks, he had a partial ‘transcriptome’ of the ctenophore – some 5,000 or 6,000 gene sequences that were actively turned on in the animal’s nerve cells."
Etymology
From transcript + -ome.