Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polypyrimidine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polypyrim-i-dine
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many pyrimidine bases forming a sequence; especially a region of mRNA containing such a sequence which has a function in RNA splicing

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- German Pyrimidinbor. English pyrimidine English polypyrimidine From poly- + pyrimidine.

Inflected Forms

polypyrimidines (plural)

Phrases

polypyrimidine tract

Questions

What does polypyrimidine mean?: Any of many pyrimidine bases forming a sequence; especially a region of mRNA containing such a sequence which has a function in RNA splicing
Where does polypyrimidine come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- German Pyrimidinbor. English pyrimidine English polypyrimidine From poly- + pyrimidine.

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