Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autoinhibition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-toin-hi-bi-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several intramolecular interactions that regulate protein function.

Uncountable

Etymology

From auto- + inhibition.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

autoinhibitions (plural)

Questions

What does autoinhibition mean?: Any of several intramolecular interactions that regulate protein function.
Where does autoinhibition come from?: From auto- + inhibition.

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