Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peroxiredoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-ox-ire-dox-in
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells.

Inflected Forms

peroxiredoxins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sulphiredoxin

Questions

What does peroxiredoxin mean?: Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells.

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