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dephosphorylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-phos-pho-ry-late
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause, or undergo dephosphorylation

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 phosphorylate English dephosphorylate From de- + phosphorylate.

Inflected Forms

dephosphorylates (present, singular) dephosphorylating (participle, present) dephosphorylated (participle, past) dephosphorylated (past)

Derived Forms

autodephosphorylate

Frequently Paired Words

phosphorylate

Questions

What does dephosphorylate mean?
To cause, or undergo dephosphorylation
Where does dephosphorylate 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 phosphorylate English dephosphorylate From de- + phosphorylate.

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