Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiolase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thi-o-lase
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a thiol group.

Etymology

From thiol + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thiol

Inflected Forms

thiolases (plural)

Derived Forms

dethiolase prethiolase

Questions

What does thiolase mean?: Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a thiol group.
Where does thiolase come from?: From thiol + -ase.

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