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pharmacophore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
phar-ma-cophore
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity

Etymology

From pharmaco- + -phore.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pharmacophores (plural)

Derived Forms

antipharmacophore pharmacophoric

Frequently Paired Words

pharmacophorous

Questions

What does pharmacophore mean?
The molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity
Where does pharmacophore come from?
From pharmaco- + -phore.

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