Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

germinal center

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: ger-mi-nal -cen-ter
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A site in lymph nodes and the spleen where mature B cells proliferate, differentiate, and mutate their antibody genes.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

germinal centers (plural) germinal centre (alternative)

Synonyms

GC

Questions

What does germinal center mean?: A site in lymph nodes and the spleen where mature B cells proliferate, differentiate, and mutate their antibody genes.

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