Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perforin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: per-forin
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From perforate + -in, alluding to its action on the cell membrane.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: perforate

Usage

Inflected Forms

perforins (plural)

Questions

What does perforin mean?: A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.
Where does perforin come from?: From perforate + -in, alluding to its action on the cell membrane.

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