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phosphylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phos-phy-la-tion
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a generic term for both phosphorylation by phosphate esters and phosphonylation by phosphonate or phosphinate esters.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From phosphyl + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

phosphylations (plural)

Questions

What does phosphylation mean?
a generic term for both phosphorylation by phosphate esters and phosphonylation by phosphonate or phosphinate esters.
Where does phosphylation come from?
From phosphyl + -ation.

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