Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elastinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
elasti-nase
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that hydrolyses elastin

Etymology

From elastin + -ase.

Word Breakdown

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Questions

What does elastinase mean?
An enzyme that hydrolyses elastin
Where does elastinase come from?
From elastin + -ase.

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