Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microprotein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cro-pro-tein
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small protein.

noun

A peptide fragment of a protein.

Etymology

From micro- + protein.

Inflected Forms

microproteins (plural)

Questions

What does microprotein mean?
A small protein.
Where does microprotein come from?
From micro- + protein.

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