Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triphosphatase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: triphos-phatase
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

triphosphatases (plural)

Questions

What does triphosphatase mean?: An enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule
Where does triphosphatase come from?: Etymology tree English triphosphate Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English triphosphatase From triphosphate + -ase.

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