Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haploinsufficient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hap-loin-suf-fi-cient
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting haploinsufficiency

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 insufficient English haploinsufficient From haplo- + insufficient.

Rhymes With

efficient cost-efficient sufficient self-sufficient insufficient inefficient coefficient deficient proficient omniscient immunodeficient superefficient

Questions

What does haploinsufficient mean?: Exhibiting haploinsufficiency
Where does haploinsufficient 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 insufficient English haploinsufficient From haplo- + insufficient.

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