Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroduplex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-erodu-plex
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule

verb

To form such a compound by genetic recombination

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

heteroduplexes (plural) heteroduplices (plural) heteroduplexes (present, singular) heteroduplexing (participle, present) heteroduplexed (participle, past) heteroduplexed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

heterotriplex

Questions

What does heteroduplex mean?: A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
Where does heteroduplex come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English duplex English heteroduplex From hetero- + duplex.

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