Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ovastacin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ovastacin
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An astacin found in oocytes, involved in the hardening of the zona pellucida

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ovo- + astacin.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ovo

Usage

Inflected Forms

ovastacins (plural)

Questions

What does ovastacin mean?: An astacin found in oocytes, involved in the hardening of the zona pellucida
Where does ovastacin come from?: From ovo- + astacin.

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