Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nitrosylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: ni-tro-sy-la-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reaction of nitric oxide with a biological compound, especially with a sulfur containing part of a protein as a posttranslational modification.

noun

Any reaction with a nitrosyl compound.

Inflected Forms

nitrosylations (plural)

Derived Forms

hypernitrosylation renitrosylation transnitrosylation

Antonyms

denitrosylation

Questions

What does nitrosylation mean?: The reaction of nitric oxide with a biological compound, especially with a sulfur containing part of a protein as a posttranslational modification.

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