Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glycosidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: gly-cosi-dase
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English glycoside Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English glycosidase From glycoside + -ase.

Usage

Inflected Forms

glycosidases (plural)

Derived Forms

deglycosidase exoglycosidase

Questions

What does glycosidase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside
Where does glycosidase come from?: Etymology tree English glycoside Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English glycosidase From glycoside + -ase.

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