Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

progranulin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: pro-gran-ulin
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A precursor protein to granulin.

Example Sentences

"Haploinsufficiency of the human progranulin gene, GRN, causes frontotemporal dementia."

Etymology

From pro- + granulin.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro

Inflected Forms

progranulins (plural)

Questions

What does progranulin mean?: A precursor protein to granulin.
Where does progranulin come from?: From pro- + granulin.

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