Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydroxyalkanoic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-drox-yalka-noic
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing alkanoic acids that have one of more hydroxy substituents

Example Sentences

"It accepts coenzyme A thioesters of hydroxyalkanoic acids (HA) as substrates and catalyzes the polymerization of HAs into PHA while simultaneously releasing CoA."

Derived Forms

polyhydroxyalkanoic

Questions

What does hydroxyalkanoic mean?: Describing alkanoic acids that have one of more hydroxy substituents

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