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pyrophosphate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
py-rophos-phate
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.

Inflected Forms

pyrophosphates (plural)

Derived Forms

adenylpyrophosphate dimethylallylpyrophosphate farnesylpyrophosphate phosphoribosylpyrophosphate pyrophosphatase thiopyrophosphate

Phrases

calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate

Questions

What does pyrophosphate mean?
Any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.

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