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deimination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
deim-i-na-tion
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The removal or conversion of an imine group; especially the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline

Etymology

From de- + imination.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

deiminations (plural)

Synonyms

citrullination

Questions

What does deimination mean?
The removal or conversion of an imine group; especially the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline
Where does deimination come from?
From de- + imination.

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