Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: atg
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of anti-thymocyte globulin.

adj

Short for "autophagy-related" as pertains to genes or proteins

adj

Initialism of ass to grass, a method of squatting where a lifter lowers their buttocks as close to the ground as possible.

adj

Initialism of against the grain.

Example Sentences

"The lysosomal degradation pathway of autophagy plays a fundamental role in cellular, tissue and organismal homeostasis and is mediated by evolutionarily conserved autophagy-related (ATG) genes."
"Before we can discuss ass-to-grass squats, or ATG squats for short, we must first establish some knowledge about squats in general. […] Knowing how to do a conventional back squat is imperative before we can even begin discussing varied depths like the ATG squat."

Inflected Forms

ATGs (plural) more ATG (comparative) most ATG (superlative)

Questions

What does atg mean?: Initialism of anti-thymocyte globulin.

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