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deacetylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
deacety-late
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause, or to undergo, deacetylation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English acetylate English deacetylate From de- + acetylate.

Inflected Forms

deacetylates (present, singular) deacetylating (participle, present) deacetylated (participle, past) deacetylated (past)

Questions

What does deacetylate mean?
To cause, or to undergo, deacetylation
Where does deacetylate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English acetylate English deacetylate From de- + acetylate.

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