Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reticulon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: retic-u-lon
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of proteins found in the endoplasmic reticulum that have a variety of functions.

Etymology

From reticulum + -on.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: reticulum

Inflected Forms

reticulons (plural)

Questions

What does reticulon mean?: Any of a group of proteins found in the endoplasmic reticulum that have a variety of functions.
Where does reticulon come from?: From reticulum + -on.

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