Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biomethylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biomethy-late
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To perform biomethylation upon.

Example Sentences

"In addition, plants and microorganisms can biomethylate Se, which can result in a loss of Se to the atmosphere."

Etymology

From bio- + methylate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bio

Inflected Forms

biomethylates (present, singular) biomethylating (participle, present) biomethylated (participle, past) biomethylated (past)

Questions

What does biomethylate mean?: To perform biomethylation upon.
Where does biomethylate come from?: From bio- + methylate.

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