Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protocadherin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-cad-herin
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several polypeptides that are fragments of cadherin

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English cadherin English protocadherin From proto- + cadherin.

Inflected Forms

protocadherins (plural)

Questions

What does protocadherin mean?: Any of several polypeptides that are fragments of cadherin
Where does protocadherin come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English cadherin English protocadherin From proto- + cadherin.

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