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avidin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
avidin
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin avidus (“hungry”) + -in, based on its "hunger" for biotin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

avidins (plural)

Derived Forms

avidinated monoavidin tamavidin xenavidin zebavidin

Questions

What does avidin mean?
A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.
Where does avidin come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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