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dehydroalanine

/diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈæləniːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-droala-nine
IPA
/diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈæləniːn/
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An uncommon amino acid found in peptides of microbial origin.

Etymology

From dehydro- + alanine.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈæləniːn/

Inflected Forms

dehydroalanines (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce dehydroalanine?
The recorded pronunciation is /diːˌhaɪdɹəʊˈæləniːn/.
What does dehydroalanine mean?
An uncommon amino acid found in peptides of microbial origin.
Where does dehydroalanine come from?
From dehydro- + alanine.

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