Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mptp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: mptp
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine: a byproduct of synthetic heroin, or MPPP, which causes parkinsonian symptoms in users; and a neurotoxin that degrades into MPP+ after crossing the blood-brain barrier, which causes a degradation of the dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2005 Dec 29, Petzinger, et al. Journal of Neuroscience Research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16385585&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum The neurotoxicant 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine MPTP provides an excellent opportunity to study repair and response to injury in the basal ganglia."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does mptp mean?: 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine: a byproduct of synthetic heroin, or MPPP, which causes parkinsonian symptoms in users; and a neurotoxin that degrades into MPP+ after crossing the blood-brain barrier, which causes a degradation of the dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra.

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