Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chymase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chy-mase
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells

Etymology

From chyme + -ase?

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chyme

Inflected Forms

chymases (plural)

Derived Forms

prochymase

Questions

What does chymase mean?: Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells
Where does chymase come from?: From chyme + -ase?

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