Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proteolytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
pro-te-olyt-ic
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or promoting proteolysis.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From proteo- + -lytic.

Derived Forms

antiproteolytic autoproteolytic endoproteolytic exoproteolytic metalloproteolytic nonproteolytic proteolytically

Questions

What does proteolytic mean?
Of, relating to, or promoting proteolysis.
Where does proteolytic come from?
From proteo- + -lytic.

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