mutagenesis

Questions about mutagenesis

What does mutagenesis mean?

mutagenesis means "an event capable of causing a mutation".

How many syllables are in mutagenesis?

mutagenesis has 5 syllables and divides as mu-ta-ge-ne-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is mutagenesis a common word?

mutagenesis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.