Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hayflick limit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: hayflick- lim-it
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.

Etymology

Named after Leonard Hayflick, who discovered it in 1961.

Inflected Forms

Hayflick limits (plural)

Questions

What does hayflick limit mean?: The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.
Where does hayflick limit come from?: Named after Leonard Hayflick, who discovered it in 1961.

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