Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trypsin

/ˈtɹɪp.sɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
trypsin
IPA
/ˈtɹɪp.sɪn/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease)

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -in, since the substance was first found on rubbing down the pancreas with glycerine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

trypsins (plural)

Derived Forms

antitrypsin chymotrypsin mesotrypsin neurotrypsin pseudotrypsin semitrypsin trypsinate trypsination trypsinise trypsinization trypsinize trypsinogen

Rhymes With

chymotrypsin

Questions

How do you pronounce trypsin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɪp.sɪn/.
What does trypsin mean?
A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease)
Where does trypsin come from?
From Ancient Greek τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -in, since the substance was first found on rubbing down the pancreas with glycerine.

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