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presenilin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
pre-se-nilin
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of transmembrane proteins

Etymology

From presenile + -in, since they were first identified in screens for mutations causing early onset forms of familial Alzheimer's disease.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

presenilins (plural)

Derived Forms

presenilinase

Questions

What does presenilin mean?
Any of a class of transmembrane proteins
Where does presenilin come from?
From presenile + -in, since they were first identified in screens for mutations causing early onset forms of familial Alzheimer's disease.

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