isoflavone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a class of polyphenolic phytoestrogens found in soybeans and similar plants that may have beneficial health properties.
Example Sentences
- "The presence of isoflavones has also led to the worry that soy might negatively affect fertility or give men more feminine characteristics. […] And while it’s true that the isoflavones in soy can weakly mimic estrogen, he added, they also seem to have anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties."