Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dideoxy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: dideoxy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking two hydroxyl groups.

Etymology

Etymology tree English di- 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 *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English deoxy- English dideoxy From di- + deoxy-.

Derived Forms

ddNTP didanosine dideoxycytidine dideoxyhexose dideoxyinosine dideoxynucleotide dideoxyribonucleoside dideoxyribonucleotide dideoxysugar

Questions

What does dideoxy mean?: Lacking two hydroxyl groups.
Where does dideoxy come from?: Etymology tree English di- 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 *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English deoxy- English dideoxy From di- + deoxy-.

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