Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deethylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deethy-lase
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of an ethyl group from a compound

Etymology

From de- + ethyl + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de
Suffix: ethyl

Inflected Forms

deethylases (plural)

Questions

What does deethylase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of an ethyl group from a compound
Where does deethylase come from?: From de- + ethyl + -ase.

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