Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyronine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: py-ro-nine
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from German pyronin. By surface analysis, pyrone + -ine.

Inflected Forms

pyronines (plural)

Derived Forms

pyroninophilic

Questions

What does pyronine mean?: Any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis.
Where does pyronine come from?: Learned borrowing from German pyronin. By surface analysis, pyrone + -ine.

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