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biglycan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bigly-can
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan which is found in a variety of extracellular matrix tissues, including bone, cartilage and tendon

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English glycan English biglycan From bi- + glycan.

Usage

Inflected Forms

biglycans (plural)

Questions

What does biglycan mean?
A small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan which is found in a variety of extracellular matrix tissues, including bone, cartilage and tendon
Where does biglycan come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English glycan English biglycan From bi- + glycan.

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