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fromase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fro-mase
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A protease produced by the soil fungus Rhizomucor miehei, used as a vegetarian alternative to chymosin in the manufacture of some cheeses.

Etymology

From French fromage (“cheese”) + -ase, coined as a trademark.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does fromase mean?
A protease produced by the soil fungus Rhizomucor miehei, used as a vegetarian alternative to chymosin in the manufacture of some cheeses.
Where does fromase come from?
It is traced to French.

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