Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphatidylserine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
phos-phatidylser-ine
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phospholipid containing serine.

Countable; 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 Old Chinese 絲 (*sə)der.? Ancient Greek σήρ (sḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós)bor. Latin sēricusder. English serine English phosphatidylserine From phosphatidyl + serine.

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Questions

What does phosphatidylserine mean?
A phospholipid containing serine.
Where does phosphatidylserine 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 Old Chinese 絲 (*sə)der.? Ancient Greek σήρ (sḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós)bor. Latin sēricusder. English serine English phosphatidylserine From phosphatidyl + serine.

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