endoglycosidase
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any enzyme that releases oligosaccharides from glycoproteins or glycolipids
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English glycoside Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English endoglycosidase From endo- + glycoside + -ase.