Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haloperoxidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: haloper-ox-i-dase
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of enzymes that oxidize organic halogen compounds; they are hemoproteins or similar

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- English peroxidase English haloperoxidase From halo- + peroxidase.

Inflected Forms

haloperoxidases (plural)

Questions

What does haloperoxidase mean?: Any of a class of enzymes that oxidize organic halogen compounds; they are hemoproteins or similar
Where does haloperoxidase come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- English peroxidase English haloperoxidase From halo- + peroxidase.

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