Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudocholinesterase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-do-cholinesterase
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the two types of cholinesterase (the other being acetylcholinesterase), found primarily in the liver where it hydrolyses butyrylcholine.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pseudo- + cholinesterase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo-
Suffix: cholinesterase

Usage

Inflected Forms

pseudocholinesterases (plural)

Synonyms

acylcholine acylhydrolase butyrylcholinesterase plasma cholinesterase

Questions

What does pseudocholinesterase mean?: One of the two types of cholinesterase (the other being acetylcholinesterase), found primarily in the liver where it hydrolyses butyrylcholine.
Where does pseudocholinesterase come from?: From pseudo- + cholinesterase.

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