Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectonucleoside

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-tonu-cle-o-side
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any nucleoside that is found outside of a cell

Example Sentences

"A recent study reported that the endoplasmic reticulum enzyme ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 5 stimulates ATP consumption and favors aerobic glycolysis, thereby promoting cancer cell survival [30 ]."

Etymology

From ecto- + nucleoside.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ecto

Inflected Forms

ectonucleosides (plural)

Questions

What does ectonucleoside mean?: Any nucleoside that is found outside of a cell
Where does ectonucleoside come from?: From ecto- + nucleoside.

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