Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyhistidine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-his-ti-dine
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Several histidine residues linked together (usually at least six).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English -idine English histidine English polyhistidine From poly- + histidine.

Inflected Forms

polyhistidines (plural)

Phrases

polyhistidine-tag polyhistidine-tagged

Questions

What does polyhistidine mean?: Several histidine residues linked together (usually at least six).
Where does polyhistidine come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English -idine English histidine English polyhistidine From poly- + histidine.

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