Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macroautophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macroau-tophagy
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English autophagy English macroautophagy From macro- + autophagy.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

microautophagy

Questions

What does macroautophagy mean?: A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome
Where does macroautophagy come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English autophagy English macroautophagy From macro- + autophagy.

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