Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

methylxanthine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: methylx-an-thine
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of compounds, such as caffeine, formed through the methylation of xanthines.

Etymology

From methyl + xanthine.

Inflected Forms

methylxanthines (plural)

Derived Forms

isobutylmethylxanthine methylxanthinic

Questions

What does methylxanthine mean?: Any of a group of compounds, such as caffeine, formed through the methylation of xanthines.
Where does methylxanthine come from?: From methyl + xanthine.

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