Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethionine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ethio-n-ine
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A toxic and carcinogenic non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine, with an ethyl group in place of the methyl group.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

ethionines (plural)

Questions

What does ethionine mean?: A toxic and carcinogenic non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine, with an ethyl group in place of the methyl group.

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