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xanthine oxidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
xan-thine ox-i-dase
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.

Inflected Forms

xanthine oxidases (plural)

Derived Forms

febuxostat

Synonyms

xanthinoxidase

Questions

What does xanthine oxidase mean?
A crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.

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