Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acetamidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ac-etami-dase
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit

Example Sentences

"The first equivalent system in mycobacteria, the acetamide-inducible system based on the Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msmeg) endogenous acetamidase promoter [13 ], was developed as late as in 1997."

Etymology

From acetamide + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: acetamide

Inflected Forms

acetamidases (plural)

Questions

What does acetamidase mean?: Any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit
Where does acetamidase come from?: From acetamide + -ase.

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