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thiocholine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thio-choline
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mercapto quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂CH₂SH⁻; it is used as a reagent for the determination of cholinesterases

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From thio- + choline.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

thiocholines (plural)

Derived Forms

acetylthiocholine butyrylthiocholine thiocholinergic

Questions

What does thiocholine mean?
A mercapto quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂CH₂SH⁻; it is used as a reagent for the determination of cholinesterases
Where does thiocholine come from?
From thio- + choline.

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