Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exolytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-olyt-ic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to exolysis

Example Sentences

"The enzyme, known as VhGlcNAcase (formerly VhNag2), exhibited exolytic activity, degrading chitin oligosaccharides from the non-reducing end in a sequential manner, with GlcNAc monomer as the final product."

Etymology

From exo- + -lytic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: exo
Suffix: lytic

Questions

What does exolytic mean?: Relating to exolysis
Where does exolytic come from?: From exo- + -lytic.

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