Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dideoxynucleotide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dideoxynu-cleotide
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any nucleotide formed from a deoxynucleotide by loss of a second hydroxy group from the deoxyribose group

noun

Any oligonucleotide consisting of two deoxynucleotides

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 deoxynucleotide English dideoxynucleotide From di- + deoxynucleotide.

Inflected Forms

dideoxynucleotides (plural)

Derived Forms

ddNTP

Questions

What does dideoxynucleotide mean?: Any nucleotide formed from a deoxynucleotide by loss of a second hydroxy group from the deoxyribose group
Where does dideoxynucleotide 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 deoxynucleotide English dideoxynucleotide From di- + deoxynucleotide.

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