Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metarhodopsin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metarhodopsin
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several forms of rhodopsin activated by light

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English rhodopsin English metarhodopsin From meta- + rhodopsin.

Inflected Forms

metarhodopsins (plural)

Questions

What does metarhodopsin mean?: Any of several forms of rhodopsin activated by light
Where does metarhodopsin come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English rhodopsin English metarhodopsin From meta- + rhodopsin.

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