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heterodimer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
het-erodimer
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different monomers.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

heterodimers (plural)

Derived Forms

heterodimeric heterodimerise heterodimerization heterodimerize

Frequently Paired Words

homodimer

Questions

What does heterodimer mean?
A dimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different monomers.
Where does heterodimer come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English dimer English heterodimer From hetero- + dimer.

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