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threonine

/ˈθɹiːəniːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
thre-o-nine
IPA
/ˈθɹiːəniːn/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An essential amino acid C₄H₉NO₃ found in most animal proteins.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From threose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

threonines (plural)

Derived Forms

allothreonine phosphothreonine polythreonine threonyl

Frequently Paired Words

mul:Thr mul:T

Questions

How do you pronounce threonine?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹiːəniːn/.
What does threonine mean?
An essential amino acid C₄H₉NO₃ found in most animal proteins.
Where does threonine come from?
From threose.

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