Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphatidyl

/fɒsˈfætɪdɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: phos-phatidyl
IPA: /fɒsˈfætɪdɪl/

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A radical derived from a phosphatide

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English phosphate English -ide English phosphatide English -ate English phosphatidate Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English phosphatidyl From phosphatidate + -yl.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

phosphatidyls (plural)

Derived Forms

glycosylphosphatidyl lysophosphatidyl phosphatidylcholine phosphatidylethanolamine phosphatidylglucose phosphatidylglycerol phosphatidylinositol phosphatidylserine phosphatidyltransferase

Questions

How do you pronounce phosphatidyl?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɒsˈfætɪdɪl/.
What does phosphatidyl mean?: A radical derived from a phosphatide
Where does phosphatidyl come from?: Etymology tree English phosphate English -ide English phosphatide English -ate English phosphatidate Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English phosphatidyl From phosphatidate + -yl.

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