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nuclease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cle-ase
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.

Etymology

From nucleo- + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nucleases (plural)

Derived Forms

benzonuclease deoxynuclease excinuclease meganuclease metallonuclease micronuclease nucleasic thermonuclease

Questions

What does nuclease mean?
Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.
Where does nuclease come from?
From nucleo- + -ase.

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