Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thymidylic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thymidylic
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.

Example Sentences

"Effect of actinomycin on thymidylic kinase activities of 24-hour regenerating liver supernatant fluid."
"In practice synchronization of the cultures is attained by blocking the synthesis of thymidylic nucleotides with amethopterin or 5 liuoro-deoxyuridine, by interfering with the synthesis of deoxyguanosine nucleotides with high levels of thymidine or by blocking DNA syntehesis with hydroxyurea."
"This difference between the enzymes can be explained by two factors: either that for the "sliding" synthesis of poly(A) they require thymidylic sequences of different lengths […]"

Etymology

From thymidyl + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thymidyl

Derived Forms

deoxythymidylic

Questions

What does thymidylic mean?: Of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.
Where does thymidylic come from?: From thymidyl + -ic.

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