Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haploinsufficiency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: hap-loin-suf-fi-cien-cy
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English insufficiency English haploinsufficiency From haplo- + insufficiency.

Usage

Inflected Forms

haploinsufficiencies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

haplosufficiency

Antonyms

triplosensitivity

Questions

What does haploinsufficiency mean?: The state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation
Where does haploinsufficiency come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English insufficiency English haploinsufficiency From haplo- + insufficiency.

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