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methylenetetrahydrofolate

/ˌmɛ.θə.liːnˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹəˈfoʊ.leɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
me-thyl-ene-te-tra-hy-dro-fol-ate
IPA
/ˌmɛ.θə.liːnˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹəˈfoʊ.leɪt/
43
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
9
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The substrate used by the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase to generate 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (levomefolic acid).

Etymology

From methylene + tetrahydrofolate.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌmɛ.θə.liːnˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹəˈfoʊ.leɪt/
  • British English: /ˌmɛ.θɪ.liːnˌtɛ.tɹəˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.leɪt/

Inflected Forms

methylenetetrahydrofolates (plural)

Phrases

methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Questions

How do you pronounce methylenetetrahydrofolate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɛ.θə.liːnˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹəˈfoʊ.leɪt/.
What does methylenetetrahydrofolate mean?
The substrate used by the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase to generate 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (levomefolic acid).
Where does methylenetetrahydrofolate come from?
From methylene + tetrahydrofolate.

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