Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyphenylalanine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polypheny-lala-nine
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polypeptide (or fragment) containing only phenylalanine

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

polyphenylalanines (plural) poly-phenylalanine (alternative)

Questions

What does polyphenylalanine mean?: A polypeptide (or fragment) containing only phenylalanine
Where does polyphenylalanine come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English phenylalanine English polyphenylalanine From poly- + phenylalanine.

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