Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

progastrin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-gas-trin
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The inactive precursor of gastrin

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gastrin analysis was performed by radioimmunoassay using antibody L2, which reacts with G17 and G34, but not progastrin or gly-gastrins as previously described [32 ]."

Etymology

From pro- + gastrin.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does progastrin mean?: The inactive precursor of gastrin
Where does progastrin come from?: From pro- + gastrin.

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