heterotropic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Concerning an effect in one entity that is controlled or influenced by a separate entity, such as when one ligand influences the binding of another ligand.
adj
Concerning a process that abnormally takes place outside of its normal system as well as within its normal system.
adj
Arising from the interaction of separate people or entities.
Example Sentences
- "This behavior is analogous to that of any cooperative binding protein, such as hemoglobin (18, 19 ), although in this case, cooperativity is observed between heterotropic rather than homotropic ligands."
- "Some allosteric enzymes exhibit mixed homotropic and heterotropic interactions."
- "In heterotropic allosteric regulation, the bacterial enzymes are activated by ADP and inhibited by phosphoenolpyruvate binding at the allosteric site."
- "Heterotropic pregnancy occurs when intrauterine and ectopic pregnancies coexist."
- "Various hereditary conditions and congenital condition give rise to heterotropic calcification something abnormal in metabolic and endocrinal functions also give rise to deposition of calcium in extraskeletal system."
- "At the end of the twentieth century Nature is alive and well, permeating the experience of everyday life as a riotous profusion of heterotropic images, signs and discursive constructs."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Synonyms
heterotrope