Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deazapurine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deaza-purine
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several bicyclic heterocycles formally derived from purine by replacing a nitrogen atom with one of carbon.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote English aza- English purine English deazapurine From de- + aza- + purine.

Inflected Forms

deazapurines (plural)

Questions

What does deazapurine mean?: Any of several bicyclic heterocycles formally derived from purine by replacing a nitrogen atom with one of carbon.
Where does deazapurine come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote English aza- English purine English deazapurine From de- + aza- + purine.

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