Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alkylpurine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
alkylpurine
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any C- or N-alkyl derivative of a purine; some of them are immunopotentiators

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl German Purinbor. English purine English alkylpurine From alkyl + purine.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does alkylpurine mean?
Any C- or N-alkyl derivative of a purine; some of them are immunopotentiators
Where does alkylpurine come from?
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl German Purinbor. English purine English alkylpurine From alkyl + purine.

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