Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dihydrofolate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
di-hy-dro-fo-late
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of dihydrofolic acid

Etymology

From dihydrofolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does dihydrofolate mean?
Any salt or ester of dihydrofolic acid
Where does dihydrofolate come from?
From dihydrofolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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