Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiolytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thi-olyt-ic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to thiolysis

Example Sentences

"Beta oxidation involves a repeating sequence of four enzymatic steps in which an acyl-coenzyme A ester (acyl-CoA) undergoes subsequent steps of dehydrogenation, hydration, another dehydrogenation and finally thiolytic cleavage [27 ]."

Etymology

From thio- + -lytic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thio
Suffix: lytic

Questions

What does thiolytic mean?: Relating to thiolysis
Where does thiolytic come from?: From thio- + -lytic.

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