Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pasteur effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: pas-teur -ef-fect
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon in which the cellular presence of oxygen causes in cells a decrease in the rate of glycolysis and also a suppression of lactate accumulation.

Etymology

Named after Louis Pasteur who first described the effect in 1857.

Inflected Forms

Pasteur effects (plural)

Questions

What does pasteur effect mean?: The phenomenon in which the cellular presence of oxygen causes in cells a decrease in the rate of glycolysis and also a suppression of lactate accumulation.
Where does pasteur effect come from?: Named after Louis Pasteur who first described the effect in 1857.

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