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contrahelicase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-he-li-case
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that counters the action of a helicase

Etymology

From contra- + helicase.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

contrahelicases (plural)

Questions

What does contrahelicase mean?
An enzyme that counters the action of a helicase
Where does contrahelicase come from?
From contra- + helicase.

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