Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metallothionine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
met-al-loth-io-n-ine
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metal-binding protein.

Etymology

From metallo- + thionine.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

metallothionines (plural)

Questions

What does metallothionine mean?
A metal-binding protein.
Where does metallothionine come from?
From metallo- + thionine.

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