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phytase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
phy-tase
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.

Etymology

Etymology tree English phytic Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English phytase From phytic + -ase.

Inflected Forms

phytases (plural)

Questions

What does phytase mean?
A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.
Where does phytase come from?
Etymology tree English phytic Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English phytase From phytic + -ase.

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