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quisqualic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quisqual-ic acid
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

-2-amino-3-(3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-2-yl)propanoic acid An agonist of some excitatory amino acid receptors

Uncountable

Etymology

From taxonomic name Quisqualis (syn. of Combretum), from which the acid was extracted.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

quisqualate

Questions

What does quisqualic acid mean?
-2-amino-3-(3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-2-yl)propanoic acid An agonist of some excitatory amino acid receptors
Where does quisqualic acid come from?
From taxonomic name Quisqualis (syn. of Combretum), from which the acid was extracted.

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