Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyglutamation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyg-lu-ta-ma-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The addition of multiple glutamic acid residues to a molecule through an enzymatic process. An example of this is the attachment of glutamic acid residues to folic acid.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English glutamation English polyglutamation From poly- + glutamation.

Inflected Forms

polyglutamations (plural)

Questions

What does polyglutamation mean?: The addition of multiple glutamic acid residues to a molecule through an enzymatic process. An example of this is the attachment of glutamic acid residues to folic acid.
Where does polyglutamation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English glutamation English polyglutamation From poly- + glutamation.

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