Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trimethylglycine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trimethyl-glycine
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic compound related to choline, with the difference that the terminal carboxylic acid group of trimethylglycine has been reduced to a hydroxyl group in choline.

Uncountable

Etymology

From trimethyl + glycine.

Usage

Synonyms

glycine betaine betaine TMG

Questions

What does trimethylglycine mean?
An organic compound related to choline, with the difference that the terminal carboxylic acid group of trimethylglycine has been reduced to a hydroxyl group in choline.
Where does trimethylglycine come from?
From trimethyl + glycine.

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