Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glycoproteinaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gly-co-pro-teina-ceous
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Composed of glycoprotein

Example Sentences

"ZP is a glycoproteinaceous translucent matrix that surrounds the mammalian eggs and embryos, and plays important roles during oogenesis, sperm-egg binding, fertilization and implantation [9 –11 ]."

Etymology

From glycoprotein + -aceous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: glycoprotein

Questions

What does glycoproteinaceous mean?: Composed of glycoprotein
Where does glycoproteinaceous come from?: From glycoprotein + -aceous.

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