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cathepsin

/kəˈθɛpsɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
cathep-sin
IPA
/kəˈθɛpsɪn/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kathepsin, from Ancient Greek καθέψω (kathépsō), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “boil”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cathepsins (plural)

Derived Forms

cathelin procathepsin

Questions

How do you pronounce cathepsin?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈθɛpsɪn/.
What does cathepsin mean?
Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
Where does cathepsin come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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