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heterolysin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-erolysin
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A haemolysin produced in the bloodstream when blood cells of a different species are introduced

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

heterolysins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

heterolysis heterolytic

Questions

What does heterolysin mean?
A haemolysin produced in the bloodstream when blood cells of a different species are introduced
Where does heterolysin come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English lysin English heterolysin From hetero- + lysin.

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