Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stereocilium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stere-ocil-i-um
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *ḱelyom Proto-Italic *keljom Latin ciliumbor. English cilium English stereocilium From stereo- + cilium.

Inflected Forms

stereocilia (plural)

Derived Forms

stereocilin

Questions

What does stereocilium mean?: Any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction
Where does stereocilium come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *ḱelyom Proto-Italic *keljom Latin ciliumbor. English cilium English stereocilium From stereo- + cilium.

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