Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caspase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: cas-pase
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several intracellular proteolytic enzymes that mediate apoptosis and pyroptosis.

Etymology

Short for cysteine-aspartic acid protease.

Inflected Forms

caspases (plural)

Derived Forms

anticaspase CAD metacaspase multicaspase noncaspase pancaspase paracaspase polycaspase procaspase

Questions

What does caspase mean?: Any of several intracellular proteolytic enzymes that mediate apoptosis and pyroptosis.
Where does caspase come from?: Short for cysteine-aspartic acid protease.

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