Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfurase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-furase
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses a reaction involving elemental sulfur.

Etymology

From sulfur + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sulfur

Inflected Forms

sulfurases (plural)

Questions

What does sulfurase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyses a reaction involving elemental sulfur.
Where does sulfurase come from?: From sulfur + -ase.

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