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helvolic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
helvolic acid
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An antibiotic chemical compound found in Aspergillus.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Chain et al. in 1944, in reference to the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, mut. helvola Yuill. The epithet helvola is a feminine diminutive of Latin helvus (“honey-yellow”). By surface analysis, Latin helvus + -ole + -ic.

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What does helvolic acid mean?
An antibiotic chemical compound found in Aspergillus.
Where does helvolic acid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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