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metzincin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
met-z-incin
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of protease enzymes with a zinc ion in their active sites.

Inflected Forms

metzincins (plural)

Questions

What does metzincin mean?
Any of a family of protease enzymes with a zinc ion in their active sites.

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