glycerophosphorylcholine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
48
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The glyceryl derivative of phosphorylcholine that combines with fatty acids to form lecithin
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "However, only 1 H-MRS allows non-invasive and non-radioactive measurement of Glu metabolism. 1 H-MRS is a MR technique, that takes advantage of the fact that the resonance frequency of certain molecules reflects their structure and, thereby, their identity. 1 H-MRS allows the absolute quantification of Glx, phosphorylcholine and glycerophosphorylcholine (t-Cho), N-acetylaspartate (NAA), creatine (Cre) and myo-inositol (mI)."
Etymology
From glycero- + phosphorylcholine.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: glycero