Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphorelay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-re-lay
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The multi-stage process, involving the movement of phosphoryl groups by histidine kinases, of bacterial signal transduction

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- English relay English phosphorelay From phospho- + relay.

Inflected Forms

phosphorelays (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

phosphorylate phosphorylation

Questions

What does phosphorelay mean?: The multi-stage process, involving the movement of phosphoryl groups by histidine kinases, of bacterial signal transduction
Where does phosphorelay come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- English relay English phosphorelay From phospho- + relay.

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