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puromycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
puromycin
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

puromycins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

antipuromycin puromycylated puromycylation ribopuromycin

Questions

What does puromycin mean?
An antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation.
Where does puromycin come from?
From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

How to pronounce puromycin

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