Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proton pump inhibitor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: pro-ton pump in-hibitor
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any chemical that totally or partly decreases one or more proton pumps from functioning.

Inflected Forms

proton pump inhibitors (plural) proton-pump inhibitor (alternative)

Questions

What does proton pump inhibitor mean?: Any chemical that totally or partly decreases one or more proton pumps from functioning.

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