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alcohol dehydrogenase

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
al-co-hol de-hy-dro-ge-nase
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones.

Inflected Forms

alcohol dehydrogenases (plural) alcoholdehydrogenase (alternative) alcohol-dehydrogenase (alternative)

Questions

What does alcohol dehydrogenase mean?
An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones.

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