Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: smac
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (“Diablo homolog”), a component of the apoptosis pathway.

Countable

noun

Abbreviation of supramolecular activation cluster, the structure comprising the immunological synapse.

Countable

noun

Sequential Multiple Analysis - Computer or comprehensive metabolic panel, a panel of clinical chemistry lab tests.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

social, mobile, analytics, cloud: a group of technologies

Uncountable

name

Southern Maryland Athletic Conference

name

Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference

Etymology

Initialisms.

Usage

Inflected Forms

SMACs (plural)

Questions

What does smac mean?: Abbreviation of second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (“Diablo homolog”), a component of the apoptosis pathway.
Where does smac come from?: Initialisms.

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