Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexosaminidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: hex-osaminidase
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal hexosamine residues in hexosaminides

Etymology

From hexosaminide + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hexosaminide

Inflected Forms

hexosaminidases (plural)

Derived Forms

acetylhexosaminidase

Questions

What does hexosaminidase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal hexosamine residues in hexosaminides
Where does hexosaminidase come from?: From hexosaminide + -ase.

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