Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lipoylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lipoy-la-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The attachment of a lipoyl group to a molecule

noun

The attachment of a fatty acid residue (or similar lipid) to a molecule

Etymology

From lipoyl + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lipoyl

Inflected Forms

lipoylations (plural)

Questions

What does lipoylation mean?: The attachment of a lipoyl group to a molecule
Where does lipoylation come from?: From lipoyl + -ation.

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