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Definition: Lysozyme |
LysozymeNoun1. An enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lysozyme" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Synonym: LysozymeSynonym: muramidase (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: E1105 (chemical industry). |
Crosswords: Lysozyme |
| Specialty definitions using "lysozyme": Paneth Cells. (references) |
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| "Lysozyme" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lysozyme" is used about 56 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 56 | 45,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
lysozyme | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lysozyme"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 溶菌酶. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lysozym, E1105. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lysozyme, lysozym, E1105. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lysotsyymi (E1105), E 1105 (E1105). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lysozyme, E1105. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lysozym (E1105), E1105 (E1105). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ε1105 (E1105), λυσοζύμη (E1105). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lisozima (E1105), E1105 (E1105). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysozymelay lisosima (E1105), E1105 (E1105). (various references) lisozima (E1105), E1105 (E1105). (various references) lysozym (E1105), E 1105 (E1105). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "lysozyme": lysozymes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-m-o-s-y-y-z" | |
-3 letters: moles, mosey, ylems, zymes. | |
-4 letters: elms, elmy, leys, lose, lyes, lyse, mels, mole, mols, moly, oles, oyes, oyez, sloe, sole, some, ylem, zyme. | |
-5 letters: elm, els, ems, ley, lez, lye, mel, mol, mos, oes, ole, oms, ose, sel, sly, sol, som, soy, yes, yom. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-m-o-s-y-y-z" | |
+1 letter: lysozymes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 79 73 6F 7A 79 6D 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. -.--. ... --- --.. -.--. -- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01111001 01110011 01101111 01111010 01111001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L y s o z y m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0079 0073 006F 007A 0079 006D 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4691858192917971 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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