Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diketopiperazine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dike-topiper-azine
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of heterocycles that are simple cyclic peptides; many have significant biochemical activity.

Inflected Forms

diketopiperazines (plural)

Synonyms

dioxopiperazine piperazinedione

Questions

What does diketopiperazine mean?: Any of a family of heterocycles that are simple cyclic peptides; many have significant biochemical activity.

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