Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glycolipodepsipeptide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gly-col-ipodep-sipep-tide
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Complex class of natural antibiotics characterized by a sugar, lipid, and cyclic peptide structure used primarily to fight tough Gram-positive bacterial infections.

Etymology

By surface analysis, glyco- + lipo- + depsi- + peptide.

Inflected Forms

glycolipodepsipeptides (plural)

Questions

What does glycolipodepsipeptide mean?: Complex class of natural antibiotics characterized by a sugar, lipid, and cyclic peptide structure used primarily to fight tough Gram-positive bacterial infections.
Where does glycolipodepsipeptide come from?: By surface analysis, glyco- + lipo- + depsi- + peptide.

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