Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enterolactone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-tero-lac-tone
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lignan lactone rac-(8α,8'β)-3,3'-dihydroxylignano-9,9'-lactone; a phytoestrogen produced by intestinal microflora from precursors in plant food

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron)der. New Latin entero-bor. English entero- Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English enterolactone From entero- + lactone.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

enterolactones (plural)

Rhymes With

thiolactone iminolactone macrolactone bislactone peptidolactone kavalactone iodolactone mevalolactone trilactone xylonolactone ketolactone oligolactone

Questions

What does enterolactone mean?: The lignan lactone rac-(8α,8'β)-3,3'-dihydroxylignano-9,9'-lactone; a phytoestrogen produced by intestinal microflora from precursors in plant food
Where does enterolactone come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron)der. New Latin entero-bor. English entero- Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English enterolactone From entero- + lactone.

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