Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurotensin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: neu-rotensin
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery

Inflected Forms

neurotensins (plural)

Derived Forms

neurotensinergic neurotensinoma proneurotensin

Synonyms

NT

Questions

What does neurotensin mean?: A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery

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