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palmitoyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
palmi-toyl
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The univalent radical derived from palmitic acid by loss of the hydroxy group

Etymology

Etymology tree English palmitic acid Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English palmitoyl From palmitic acid + -yl.

Inflected Forms

palmitoyls (plural)

Derived Forms

dipalmitoyl monopalmitoyl palmitoylate palmitoylation palmitoylcarnitine palmitoylome palmitoyltransferase sapacitabine tripalmitoyl

Questions

What does palmitoyl mean?
The univalent radical derived from palmitic acid by loss of the hydroxy group
Where does palmitoyl come from?
Etymology tree English palmitic acid Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English palmitoyl From palmitic acid + -yl.

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