Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chondriome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chon-dri-ome
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.

Example Sentences

"In one of his 1913 papers Guillermond discusses the function of the chondriome (collective term for the chondriosomes of the cell or the plant) in Fungi."
"Several characteristics of the chondriome require investigation. What is the biological significance of base sequence homology between parts of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA) and nuclear DNA in eukaryotes?"

Etymology

From chondrio- + -ome.

Inflected Forms

chondriomes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chondriosome

Questions

What does chondriome mean?: The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.
Where does chondriome come from?: From chondrio- + -ome.

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