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streptavidin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
strep-ta-vidin
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tetrameric protein purified from Streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Streptomyces avidinii + -in.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

streptavidins (plural)

Derived Forms

antistreptavidin

Frequently Paired Words

streptavidinate streptavidinated

Questions

What does streptavidin mean?
A tetrameric protein purified from Streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin
Where does streptavidin come from?
From Streptomyces avidinii + -in.

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