Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypotetraploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-pote-traploid
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having fewer than four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus

Example Sentences

"Furthermore, a hypotetraploid side-line contained duplicate copies of the stemline abnormalities, and small second sideline of two cells contained an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 2, as well as the stemline aberrations."

Etymology

From hypo- + tetraploid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hypo

Questions

What does hypotetraploid mean?: having fewer than four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus
Where does hypotetraploid come from?: From hypo- + tetraploid.

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