Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentisate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gen-ti-sate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (any salt of ester of gentisic acid)

Example Sentences

"Seventy-three oxygenases/hydroxylases amongst the 134 annotated genes are predicted to catalyze the oxidation of organic compounds with industrial and environmental relevance, such as linear alkanes, cyclic ketones, aromatic compounds (e.g., benzoate, catechol, gentisate, salicylate), aminopolycarboxylic acids, nitroalkanes, and phenylalkanoic acids."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

gentisates (plural)

Questions

What does gentisate mean?: 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (any salt of ester of gentisic acid)
Where does gentisate come from?: From gentisic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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