Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetraparental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tetra-parental
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving four parents, but especially involving two integrated but genetically different embryos

Example Sentences

"All pARM47-based constructs contain two promoters, the vector-containing lac promoter and the sypA promoter, and were inserted into the chromosomal Tn 7 site of V. fischeri strains using tetraparental conjugation ( McCann et al., 2003 )."

Etymology

From tetra- + parental.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tetra

Questions

What does tetraparental mean?: Involving four parents, but especially involving two integrated but genetically different embryos
Where does tetraparental come from?: From tetra- + parental.

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