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tuftsin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tuftsin
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tetrapeptide produced by enzymatic cleavage of the Fc-domain of the heavy chain of immunoglobulin G.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Tufts + -in, after Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA, where it was discovered.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

tuftsins (plural)

Questions

What does tuftsin mean?
A tetrapeptide produced by enzymatic cleavage of the Fc-domain of the heavy chain of immunoglobulin G.
Where does tuftsin come from?
From Tufts + -in, after Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA, where it was discovered.

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