Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pteridine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pteri-dine
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bicyclic aromatic heterocycle consisting of fused pyrimidine and pyrazine rings.

Etymology

From pterin + -idine.

Inflected Forms

pteridines (plural)

Derived Forms

dihydroxypteridine methotrexate pteridinyl pteroyl triamterene

Questions

What does pteridine mean?: A bicyclic aromatic heterocycle consisting of fused pyrimidine and pyrazine rings.
Where does pteridine come from?: From pterin + -idine.

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