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dicysteine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-cys-teine
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dimer of cysteine; cystine

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English cysteine English dicysteine From di- + cysteine.

Inflected Forms

dicysteines (plural)

Questions

What does dicysteine mean?
The dimer of cysteine; cystine
Where does dicysteine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English cysteine English dicysteine From di- + cysteine.

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