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kynurenic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
kynurenic acid
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῠ́ων, κῠνός (kŭ́ōn, kŭnós, “dog”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”); so called because discovered in dog urine.

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Derived Forms

kynurenate

Questions

What does kynurenic acid mean?
A metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.
Where does kynurenic acid come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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