Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exocarboxypeptidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-o-car-boxypep-ti-dase
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An exoenzyme carboxypeptidase

Example Sentences

"All of these results clearly indicated that both DPP-IV and peptidase (s) (at least exocarboxypeptidase M) contributed to the ex vivo instability of two active GLP-1 peptides, similar to the observation of the peptides in their in vivo metabolism [38 ]."

Etymology

From exo- + carboxypeptidase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: exo

Inflected Forms

exocarboxypeptidases (plural)

Questions

What does exocarboxypeptidase mean?: An exoenzyme carboxypeptidase
Where does exocarboxypeptidase come from?: From exo- + carboxypeptidase.

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