Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

druggability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drug-ga-bil-i-ty
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ability of a portion of a genome to be targeted by a drug, especially by a small molecule drug

Example Sentences

"A target's druggability is usually estimated by classifying it with known gene families that have previously been successfully targeted with drugs."

Etymology

Etymology tree English drug Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English druggability From drug + -ability.

Inflected Forms

druggabilities (plural) drugability (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

druggable

Questions

What does druggability mean?: The ability of a portion of a genome to be targeted by a drug, especially by a small molecule drug
Where does druggability come from?: Etymology tree English drug Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English druggability From drug + -ability.

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