Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pappalysin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pap-palysin
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of peptidases associated with pregnancy

Example Sentences

"The other was Pappa2 (pappalysin2; pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2) gene which encodes for a member of the pappalysin family of metzincin metalloproteinases (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/364027 )."

Inflected Forms

pappalysins (plural)

Questions

What does pappalysin mean?: Any of a class of peptidases associated with pregnancy

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