Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peroxalate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-ox-alate
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of peroxalic acid

Example Sentences

"Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, containing 10 6 colony forming units (CFU)/mL was used as bacterial strain and green tea extracts were measured with the peroxalate chemiluminescence detection system."

Etymology

From per- + oxalate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: per

Inflected Forms

peroxalates (plural)

Questions

What does peroxalate mean?: Any salt or ester of peroxalic acid
Where does peroxalate come from?: From per- + oxalate.

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