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druggable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
drug-gable
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing the potential of a biological molecule (for example, a protein) to be targeted by drugs, especially by small molecule drugs; describing the potential of a disease to be treated thus.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English drug Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English druggable From drug + -able.

Inflected Forms

more druggable (comparative) most druggable (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

druggability treatable

Antonyms

undruggable non-druggable

Questions

What does druggable mean?
Describing the potential of a biological molecule (for example, a protein) to be targeted by drugs, especially by small molecule drugs; describing the potential of a disease to be treated thus.
Where does druggable come from?
Etymology tree English drug Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English druggable From drug + -able.

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