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lecithinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lecithi-nase
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.

Etymology

Etymology tree English lecithin Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English lecithinase From lecithin + -ase.

Inflected Forms

lecithinases (plural)

Questions

What does lecithinase mean?
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
Where does lecithinase come from?
Etymology tree English lecithin Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English lecithinase From lecithin + -ase.

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