zymogene
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of a physiological group of globular bacteria that produce fermentations of diverse nature; — distinguished from pathogene.
noun
Alternative form of zymogen.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs Proto-Indo-European *yúHs-meh₂ Ancient Greek ζῡ́μη (zū́mē) English zymo- English -gene English zymogene From zymo- + -gene.