recombinase
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments among chromosomes
Etymology
Etymology tree English recombine Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English recombinase From recombine + -ase.