carboxymethylation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
40
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The introduction of a carboxymethyl group into a compound
Etymology
Etymology tree English carboxymethyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English carboxymethylation From carboxymethyl + -ation.