Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dynorphin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: dynor-phin
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin

Inflected Forms

dynorphins (plural)

Derived Forms

dynorphinergic

Questions

What does dynorphin mean?: Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin

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