Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ergastoplasm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: er-gasto-plasm
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An endoplasmic reticulum that is studded with ribosomes.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐργαστής (ergastḗs, “worker, employee”, variant of ergato-) + -plasm.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἐργαστής

Inflected Forms

ergastoplasms (plural)

Derived Forms

ergastoplasmic

Questions

What does ergastoplasm mean?: An endoplasmic reticulum that is studded with ribosomes.
Where does ergastoplasm come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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