Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matrix metalloproteinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
ma-trix met-al-lo-pro-teinase
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any metalloproteinase that is a calcium-dependent zinc-containing endopeptidase.

Inflected Forms

matrix metalloproteinases (plural)

Questions

What does matrix metalloproteinase mean?
Any metalloproteinase that is a calcium-dependent zinc-containing endopeptidase.

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