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hypoglycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-po-glycin
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hypoglycemia + -in.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hypoglycins (plural)

Phrases

hypoglycin A

Questions

What does hypoglycin mean?
A toxic organic compound related to lycine, found in Blighia sapida (ackee fruit), causing hypoglycemia, and responsible for Jamaican vomiting sickness.
Where does hypoglycin come from?
From hypoglycemia + -in.

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