Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

granulin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gran-ulin
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of secreted glycosylated peptides that affect cell growth.

Etymology

From granule + -in.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: granule

Inflected Forms

granulins (plural)

Derived Forms

paragranulin progranulin

Questions

What does granulin mean?: Any of a family of secreted glycosylated peptides that affect cell growth.
Where does granulin come from?: From granule + -in.

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