Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tryptone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tryp-tone
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Cells were grown from an overnight culture in tryptone broth at 30°C and then harvested."

Usage

Inflected Forms

tryptones (plural)

Derived Forms

bactotryptone

Questions

What does tryptone mean?: The assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.

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