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caveola

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cave-o-la
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, constructed from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) + -ola (diminutive suffix). Doublet of jail, which is from Late Latin caveola, an earlier, natural formation of the same term. More at cave, cavum, cava and cage.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

caveolae (plural)

Derived Forms

cavin

Frequently Paired Words

caveogenesis caveolar caveolin

Rhymes With

cola ebola viola lola coca cola coca-cola motorola angola hola pensacola nola granola

Questions

What does caveola mean?
A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types.
Where does caveola come from?
Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, constructed from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) + -ola (diminutive suffix). Doublet of jail, which is from Late Latin caveola, an earlier, natural formation of the same term. More at cave, cavum, cava and cage.

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