Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambisense

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-bisense
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing single-stranded, viral RNA, part of which has a positive sense and part negative.

Etymology

Etymology tree English ambi- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English ambisense From ambi- + sense.

Questions

What does ambisense mean?: Describing single-stranded, viral RNA, part of which has a positive sense and part negative.
Where does ambisense come from?: Etymology tree English ambi- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English ambisense From ambi- + sense.

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