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norvaline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nor-va-line
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An amino acid 2-amino-butanoic acid that is not found in protein

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From nor- + valine.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

norvalines (plural)

Questions

What does norvaline mean?
An amino acid 2-amino-butanoic acid that is not found in protein
Where does norvaline come from?
From nor- + valine.

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