Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroallelic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-eroal-lel-ic
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to heteroalleles

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English allelic English heteroallelic From hetero- + allelic.

Inflected Forms

more heteroallelic (comparative) most heteroallelic (superlative)

Questions

What does heteroallelic mean?
Of or pertaining to heteroalleles
Where does heteroallelic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English allelic English heteroallelic From hetero- + allelic.

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