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zymogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
zy-mo-gen
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs Proto-Indo-European *yúHs-meh₂ Ancient Greek ζῡ́μη (zū́mē) English zymo- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English zymogen From zymo- + -gen.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

zymogens (plural)

Derived Forms

prozymogen

Synonyms

proenzyme

Questions

What does zymogen mean?
A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.
Where does zymogen come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs Proto-Indo-European *yúHs-meh₂ Ancient Greek ζῡ́μη (zū́mē) English zymo- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English zymogen From zymo- + -gen.

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