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polysome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
polysome
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a polyribosome

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -some English polysome From poly- + -some (“nucleic body”).

Inflected Forms

polysomes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

polysomal

Questions

What does polysome mean?
a polyribosome
Where does polysome come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -some English polysome From poly- + -some (“nucleic body”).

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