Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lactoferricin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lacto-ferricin
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of amphipathic, cationic peptides with antimicrobial and anticancer properties

Inflected Forms

lactoferricins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

lactoferrin

Questions

What does lactoferricin mean?: Any of a group of amphipathic, cationic peptides with antimicrobial and anticancer properties

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