Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

procathepsin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-cathep-sin
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins

Example Sentences

"The activity was estimated by reducing the incubation time to 2 min to avoid procathepsin L activation [17 ,19 ]."

Etymology

From pro- + cathepsin.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro

Inflected Forms

procathepsins (plural)

Derived Forms

preprocathepsin

Questions

What does procathepsin mean?: Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins
Where does procathepsin come from?: From pro- + cathepsin.

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