Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiocysteine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thio-cys-teine
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A persulfide of cysteine

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One of the most abundant R-SSH, thiocysteine (L-cysteine persulfide; CysSSH) is synthesized from cystine in the reaction catalyzed by cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine γ-lyase (γ-cystathionase; CSE) [23 ] (S1A Fig )."

Etymology

From thio- + cysteine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thio

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does thiocysteine mean?: A persulfide of cysteine
Where does thiocysteine come from?: From thio- + cysteine.

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