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dehydroepisterol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-droepis-terol
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any dehydro derivative of episterol, but especially 5-dehydroepisterol which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of steroids

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From dehydro- + episterol.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

dehydroepisterols (plural)

Questions

What does dehydroepisterol mean?
Any dehydro derivative of episterol, but especially 5-dehydroepisterol which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of steroids
Where does dehydroepisterol come from?
From dehydro- + episterol.

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