Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selenylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: se-leny-la-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any reaction involving the addition of a selenium compound

Example Sentences

"These results indicate that selenylation modification can significantly enhance the antioxidant and antiglycative activity of SCP in vitro or in vivo. sSCP 1 possesses the best efficacy and its modification conditions can be as optimal modification conditions that were 200 mg of Na 2 SeO 3 for 500 mg of SCP, reaction temperature of 50°C and reaction time of 6 h."

Etymology

From selenyl + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: selenyl

Inflected Forms

selenylations (plural)

Questions

What does selenylation mean?: Any reaction involving the addition of a selenium compound
Where does selenylation come from?: From selenyl + -ation.

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