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diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-iso-propy-l-flu-o-rophos-phatase
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
8
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that breaks down the toxic compound diisopropyl fluorophosphate by hydrolyzing it into less harmful products, helping detoxify organophosphate nerve-agent-like chemicals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From diisopropyl + fluoro + phosphatase.

Usage

Inflected Forms

diisopropyl-fluorophosphatases (plural) DFPase (abbreviation)

Questions

What does diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase mean?
An enzyme that breaks down the toxic compound diisopropyl fluorophosphate by hydrolyzing it into less harmful products, helping detoxify organophosphate nerve-agent-like chemicals.
Where does diisopropyl-fluorophosphatase come from?
From diisopropyl + fluoro + phosphatase.

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