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phosphoribosyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
phos-pho-ri-bo-syl
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the univalent radical derived from phosphoribose (ribose phosphate)

Etymology

From phospho- + ribosyl.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

phosphoribosyls (plural)

Derived Forms

phosphoribosyltransferase

Phrases

phosphoribosyl-N-formylglycineamide phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate

Questions

What does phosphoribosyl mean?
the univalent radical derived from phosphoribose (ribose phosphate)
Where does phosphoribosyl come from?
From phospho- + ribosyl.

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