Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vesamicol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vesam-i-col
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The drug 2-(4-phenyl-1-piperidyl)cyclohexan-1-ol that inhibits acetylcholine

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Because synapse loss and dysfunction occur before fibrillary tau tangles emerge in the tauopathy mouse AD model[20 ], VAChT may be used as a possible in vivo target for diagnoses of AD. It has been shown that vesamicol (2-(4-phenylpiperidino) cyclohexanol) binds to the ACh transporter on presynaptic acetylcholine storage vesicles and inhibits ACh uptake into the vesicle[21 ,22 ]."

Etymology

Putatively comes from ves(icle) + ami(ne) + c(h)ol(ine).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does vesamicol mean?: The drug 2-(4-phenyl-1-piperidyl)cyclohexan-1-ol that inhibits acetylcholine
Where does vesamicol come from?: Putatively comes from ves(icle) + ami(ne) + c(h)ol(ine).

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