Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sphingomyelinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: sph-in-gomyeli-nase
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several enzymes that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in sphingomyelin

Etymology

Etymology tree English sphingomyelin Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English sphingomyelinase From sphingomyelin + -ase.

Inflected Forms

sphingomyelinases (plural)

Questions

What does sphingomyelinase mean?: Any of several enzymes that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in sphingomyelin
Where does sphingomyelinase come from?: Etymology tree English sphingomyelin Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English sphingomyelinase From sphingomyelin + -ase.

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