Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaposin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ka-posin
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protein, associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, that enhances the release of pathogenetically important proinflammatory cytokines.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Kaposi + -in.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Kaposi

Usage

Inflected Forms

kaposins (plural)

Questions

What does kaposin mean?: A protein, associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, that enhances the release of pathogenetically important proinflammatory cytokines.
Where does kaposin come from?: From Kaposi + -in.

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