telomerase

1. 1.

   an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide

   Broaderenzyme

Other forms of telomerase

plural

telomerases·

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 telomerase

What does telomerase mean?

telomerase means "an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide".

How many syllables are in telomerase?

telomerase has 4 syllables: te-lo-me-rase. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /təˈloʊmɚˌeɪz/.

Is telomerase a common word?

telomerase 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.

What rhymes with telomerase?

1 word rhymes with telomerase. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.