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neu

/nˈɔɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
neu
IPA
/nˈɔɪ/
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of neuroglioblastoma cell line.

noun

Synonym of HER-2.

Uncountable

name

A surname.

name

Initialism of National Education Union.

Etymology

The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Neus (plural)

Phrases

Neu-Laxova syndrome Neu-Povýsilová syndrome Neu syndrome

Synonyms

HER-2

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce neu?
The recorded pronunciation is /nˈɔɪ/.
What does neu mean?
Abbreviation of neuroglioblastoma cell line.
Where does neu come from?
It is traced to German.

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