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dehydron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-dron
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protein motif composed of a defectively-packed backbone hydrogen bond that acts as an adhesive

Etymology

From dehydro- + -on.

Inflected Forms

dehydrons (plural)

Derived Forms

dehydronic

Questions

What does dehydron mean?
A protein motif composed of a defectively-packed backbone hydrogen bond that acts as an adhesive
Where does dehydron come from?
From dehydro- + -on.

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