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polyamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
polyamine
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound having more than one amino functional group; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins, and especially those that have more than two amino groups.

Etymology

From poly- + -amine.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

polyamines (plural)

Derived Forms

acetylpolyamine acylpolyamine polyaminergic

Phrases

polyamine oxidase polyaminopolycarboxylic acid

Frequently Paired Words

polyaminopolycarboxylic acid polyaminosaccharide

Questions

What does polyamine mean?
Any compound having more than one amino functional group; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins, and especially those that have more than two amino groups.
Where does polyamine come from?
From poly- + -amine.

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