Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycistronic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-cistron-ic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Encoding multiple different polypeptides.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cistronic English polycistronic From poly- + cistronic.

Inflected Forms

more polycistronic (comparative) most polycistronic (superlative)

Derived Forms

polycistronically

Questions

What does polycistronic mean?: Encoding multiple different polypeptides.
Where does polycistronic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cistronic English polycistronic From poly- + cistronic.

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