energid

1. 1.

   a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts

   Synonymsprotoplast

   Broaderbody part

   Part ofcell

Other forms of energid

plural

energids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about energid

What does energid mean?

energid means "a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts".

How many syllables are in energid?

energid has 3 syllables: e-ner-gid. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for energid?

Close synonyms include protoplast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is energid a common word?

energid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.