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thre-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
thre-
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Pertaining to general organic structures with adjacent chiral centers

Etymology

From threose, formed by changing the letters from the earlier discovered isomer erythrose.

Inflected Forms

threo- (alternative)

Derived Forms

threitol threonate threonin threonine threonyl threose

Phrases

threonic acid

Questions

What does thre- mean?
Pertaining to general organic structures with adjacent chiral centers
Where does thre- come from?
From threose, formed by changing the letters from the earlier discovered isomer erythrose.

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