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nucleophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cle-ophagy
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of autophagy in which parts, or all of the cell nucleus is removed.

Uncountable

Etymology

From nucleo- + -phagy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does nucleophagy mean?
A form of autophagy in which parts, or all of the cell nucleus is removed.
Where does nucleophagy come from?
From nucleo- + -phagy.

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