Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphoglycoprotein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-gly-co-pro-tein
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any phosphoglyceric glycoprotein

Example Sentences

"On the other hand, osteopontin is a large phosphoglycoprotein adhesion molecule with pleiotropic effects that include promotion of macrophage accumulation."

Etymology

From phospho- + glycoprotein.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phospho

Inflected Forms

phosphoglycoproteins (plural)

Questions

What does phosphoglycoprotein mean?: Any phosphoglyceric glycoprotein
Where does phosphoglycoprotein come from?: From phospho- + glycoprotein.

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