Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercapturic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mer-cap-turic acid
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of conjugates of cysteine or glutathione with any other compounds

Inflected Forms

mercapturic acids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mercapturate mercapturation

Questions

What does mercapturic acid mean?: Any of a class of conjugates of cysteine or glutathione with any other compounds

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