Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uricase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: uri-c-ase
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

urate oxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From uric + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: uric

Usage

Inflected Forms

uricases (plural)

Questions

What does uricase mean?: urate oxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate.
Where does uricase come from?: From uric + -ase.

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