Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluorophenylalanine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flu-o-ropheny-lala-nine
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English phenylalanine English fluorophenylalanine From fluoro- + phenylalanine.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does fluorophenylalanine mean?
Any of several isomeric fluoro derivatives of phenylalanine used to inhibit bacteriophage replication
Where does fluorophenylalanine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English phenylalanine English fluorophenylalanine From fluoro- + phenylalanine.

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