Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crispr

/ˈkrɪspər/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: crispr
IPA: /ˈkrɪspər/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The CRISPR/Cas9 system, which functions to provide immunity to bacteria and archaea by finding a section of DNA and replacing it with an alternative.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any technique or process or system for editing genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To edit genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Informal

noun

Alternative letter-case form of CRISPR.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Crispr is a guide molecule made of RNA, that allows a specific site of interest on the DNA double helix to be targeted."
"For the first time, doctors in the U.S. have used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to treat a patient with a genetic disorder."
"In this planned trial, doctors will remove cancer patients' T cells, “CRISPR” them, and then reinfuse them in the hope that they will recognize and attack the patients' cancers."
"Having CRISPRed the cells we next wanted to identify the types of modification that have been generated."
"Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion [5] will all but certainly add to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert groan here)."

Etymology

Acronym of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.

Usage

Inflected Forms

CRISPRs (plural) CRISPRs (present, singular) CRISPRing (participle, present) CRISPRed (participle, past) CRISPRed (past)

Synonyms

SRSR

Rhymes With

whisper lisper kissper

Questions

How do you pronounce crispr?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkrɪspər/.
What does crispr mean?: Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences.
Where does crispr come from?: Acronym of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.

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