Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syndecan

/ˈsɪndəkæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: syn-de-can
IPA: /ˈsɪndəkæn/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of single transmembrane domain proteins thought to act as coreceptors, especially for G protein-coupled receptors.

Inflected Forms

syndecans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce syndecan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪndəkæn/.
What does syndecan mean?: Any of a class of single transmembrane domain proteins thought to act as coreceptors, especially for G protein-coupled receptors.

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