Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

posttranslational

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
post-trans-la-tion-al
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English translational English posttranslational From post- + translational.

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What does posttranslational mean?
Of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA.
Where does posttranslational come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English translational English posttranslational From post- + translational.

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