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protease inhibitor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
pro-tease in-hibitor
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any molecule that inhibits the function of proteases (enzymes that aid the cleavage of proteins), e.g. alpha-1 antitrypsin.

noun

Any of a class of medications that act by interfering with proteases, used to treat or prevent viral infections including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C.

Inflected Forms

protease inhibitors (plural)

Synonyms

antiprotease PI

Questions

What does protease inhibitor mean?
Any molecule that inhibits the function of proteases (enzymes that aid the cleavage of proteins), e.g. alpha-1 antitrypsin.

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