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Definition: Proteolytic |
ProteolyticAdjective1. Of or relating to proteolysis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Proteolytic \Pro`te*o*lyt"ic\, adjective. [Proteid Greek expression to loose.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | 1. pertaining to, characterized by, or promoting proteolysis. 2. an enzyme that promotes proteolysis (= the splitting of proteins by hydrolysis of the peptide bonds with formation of smaller polypeptides). (references) |
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Crosswords: Proteolytic |
| English words defined with "proteolytic": angiotensin converting enzyme ♦ papain, Peptonize ♦ renin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "proteolytic": alpha 1-Antitrypsin, alpha-1, Apicomplexa ♦ bacterial protease, Batroxobin, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins ♦ Complement 1r, Complement 3c, Complement 3d, Complement Factor I ♦ Enteropeptidase, Enzyme Stability, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte ♦ Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products, fusion protein ♦ Intervertebral Disk Chemolysis ♦ Kallikreins ♦ lab-ferment ♦ Myosin Subfragments ♦ Plasminogen Activators, Pronase ♦ Serpins ♦ Tosylarginine Methyl Ester ♦ Urinary Plasminogen Activator. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "proteolytic": Proteolysis. (references) |
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| "Proteolytic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proteolytic" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 35 | 58,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "proteolytic": proteolytic enzyme ♦ Proteolytic Enzymes. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
proteolytic enzymes | 22 |
proteolytic enzyme | 5 |
proteolytic | 5 |
enzymes pancreatic proteolytic | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "proteolytic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 蛋白水解. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | proteolytisk/proteolyse, proteolytisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proteolytisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | proteaasi (protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | protéolytique, protéolytique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | proteolytisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωτεάση (endopeptidase, protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme), πρωτεολυτικό ένζυμο (protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | proteolitico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oteolyticpray protidolítico, proteolítico, proteolítico, /que digere ou hidrolisa as proteínas. (various references) proteolítico. (various references) proteas (protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme), peptidas (protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "proteolytic": proteolytically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "proteolytic" (pronounced 'Pro`te*o*lyt"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-o-o-p-r-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: coprolite. | |
-3 letters: cryolite, epicotyl, leprotic, lipocyte, petrolic, plottier, prettily, toiletry. | |
-4 letters: coopery, copilot, cottier, littery, loopier, lottery, peloric, pettily, plotter, poitrel, politer, polycot, portico, pottery, pottier, precool, protect, protyle, pyloric, pyretic, rootlet, tootler, tortile, triolet, triplet, tritely, tryptic. | |
-5 letters: citole, clotty, clypei, coiler, colter, cooler, coolie, cooper, cooter, cootie, copier, coplot, copter, cotter, cotype. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-o-o-p-r-t-t-y" | |
+4 letters: photometrically, proteolytically. | |
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