Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemicellulase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-cel-lu-lase
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of hemicellulose.

Etymology

From hemicellulose + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hemicellulose

Inflected Forms

hemicellulases (plural)

Derived Forms

endohemicellulase

Questions

What does hemicellulase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of hemicellulose.
Where does hemicellulase come from?: From hemicellulose + -ase.

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