Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ribosyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ri-bo-syl
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any univalent radical derived from ribose

Etymology

Etymology tree English ribose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English ribosyl From ribose + -yl.

Inflected Forms

ribosyls (plural)

Derived Forms

maribavir phosphoribosyl phosphoribosyladenosine polyadenylribosylpolymerase ribosylate ribosylation ribosylhydrolase ribosyltransferase

Phrases

-ribine

Questions

What does ribosyl mean?: any univalent radical derived from ribose
Where does ribosyl come from?: Etymology tree English ribose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English ribosyl From ribose + -yl.

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