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- [het-er-uh-sist]
- /ˈhɛt ər əˌsɪst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [het-er-uh-sist]
- /ˈhɛt ər əˌsɪst/
Definitions of heterocyst word
- noun heterocyst one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae. 1
- noun heterocyst A specialized nitrogen-fixing cell formed by some filamentous cyanobacteria. 1
- noun heterocyst a special cell type found in cyanobacteria and responsible for fixing nitrogen 0
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Origin of heterocyst
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; hetero- + cyst
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Heterocyst
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heterocyst popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
heterocyst usage trend in Literature
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- what is heterocyst?
- what is a heterocyst?
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