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Definition: PYRUVIC |
PYRUVICAdjective1. Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also pyroracemic acid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent odor, by the distillation of racemic acid. |
Etymology: Pyruvic \Py*ru"vic\, adjective. [Pyro- Latin uva grape.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PYRUVIC |
| English words defined with "PYRUVIC": glycolysis ♦ Pyruvil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PYRUVIC": Anthranilate Synthase ♦ carboxylase ♦ Enterococcus faecium. (references) |
| "PYRUVIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PYRUVIC" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "PYRUVIC": Pyruvic Acid. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
pyruvic acid | 14 |
serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase | 3 |
pyruvic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PYRUVIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 丙酮酸. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pyrodruesyre (pyruvic acid), fenylketonuri-oligofreni (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), Følling's syge (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pyrodruivezuur (pyruvic acid), pyrodruivenzuur (pyruvic acid), ziekte van Foelling (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), syndroom van Foelling (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), serum-glutamaatpyruvaattransaminase (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), oligophrenia phenylpyruvica (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | palorypälehappo (pyruvic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transaminase glutamo-pyruvique sérique (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), test pyruvique (pyruvic test), oligophrénie phénylpyruvique (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), maladie de Foelling (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), imbécilité de Foelling (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), acide pyruvique (pyruvic acid), acide oxo-2 propionique (pyruvic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Propanonsäure (pyruvic acid), Serum-Glutamat-Pyruvat-Transaminase (serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase, serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), Brenztraubensaeure-Schwachsinn (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), Brenztraubensäure (pyruvic acid), Azetylkarbonsäure (pyruvic acid), Azetylameisensäure (pyruvic acid), Alpha-Ketopropions äure (pyruvic acid), Acidum pyruvicum (pyruvic acid), Acidum pyrouvicum (pyruvic acid), 2-Oxopropansäure (pyruvic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυροσταφυλικό οξύ (pyruvic acid), πυρουβικό οξύ (pyruvic acid), φαινυλοπυροσταφυλική ολιγοφρένεια (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), τρανσαμινάση του γλουταμινικού και πυροσταφυλικού οξέος του ορού (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | oligofrenia fenilpiruvica (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), malattia di Foelling (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), idiozia fenilpiruvica (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), glutamminico-piruvica transaminasi serica (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), amenza fenilpiruvica (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), alanina aminotransferasi serica (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), acido piruvico (pyruvic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yruvicpay transaminase glutâmico-piruvica sérica (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), ácido pirúvico (pyruvic acid). (various references) transaminasa glutamopiruvica sérica (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase), oligofrenia fenilpirúvica (pyruvic acid imbecility, pyruvic acid oligophrenia), ácido pirúvico (pyruvic acid). (various references) pyruvatsyra (pyruvic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "PYRUVIC" (pronounced 'Py*ru"vic'): Quinovic, Sylvic, Uvic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-p-r-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: curvy, pricy, privy, pyric. | |
-3 letters: puri, pyic, uric. | |
-4 letters: cry, cup, cur, icy, ivy, pic, piu, pry, pur, rip, yip, yup. | |
-5 letters: pi, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-p-r-u-v-y" | |
+5 letters: corruptively, percussively, preclusively, productively, productivity. | |
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