Etymology

metaprotocell

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Today it means: A proposed protocell that could use sunlight to synthesize ATP and then polynucleotides. Full definition →

English protocell ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishprotocell
  5. English todaymetaprotocell

From meta- + protocell.

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