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lactoferrin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
lacto-fer-rin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A globular multifunctional protein with antimicrobial activity, found in milk and many mucosal secretions such as tears and saliva

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

lactoferrins (plural)

Derived Forms

apolactoferrin

Synonyms

lactotransferrin

Questions

What does lactoferrin mean?
A globular multifunctional protein with antimicrobial activity, found in milk and many mucosal secretions such as tears and saliva

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