cosmid
/ˈkɑzmɪd/noun
cosmid is a noun meaning “A type of plasmid (often used as a cloning vector) constructed by the insertion of cos sequences, which are DNA sequences of the lambda phage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-S-M-I-D, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cosmid is cosmids.
What does cosmid mean?
noun
- 1
A type of plasmid (often used as a cloning vector) constructed by the insertion of cos sequences, which are DNA sequences of the lambda phage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cosmid?
- US /ˈkɑzmɪd/
- UK /ˈkɒzmɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cosmid
- cosmids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cosmid?
Cosmid appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does cosmid come from?
Blend of cos + plasmid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).