prohead

P3R1O1H4E1A1D2

noun

A procapsid.

Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounprohead (plural proheads)

plural proheads

  1. A procapsid.

    The concatemers are processed into mature chromosomes with cohesive ends, and packaged into prohead shells, during virion assembly.

    2015 December 4, “DNA Packaging Specificity of Bacteriophage N15 with an Excursion into the Genetics of a Cohesive End Mismatch”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pro- + head.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

prohead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prohead

MLA

“prohead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prohead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prohead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prohead.

Source: prohead on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.