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Definition: Zymogen |
ZymogenNoun1. Any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Zymogen \Zym"o*gen\, noun. [Zyme -gen.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Inactive form of an enzyme which can then be converted to the active form, usually by excision of a polypeptide, e. g. trypsinogen is the zymogen of trypsin. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ZymogenSynonym: proenzyme (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: proenzyme (medicine). |
Crosswords: Zymogen |
| English words defined with "zymogen": Zymogenic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "zymogen": Chymotrypsin ♦ Proenzymes, Protein C. (references) |
| "Zymogen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zymogen" is used about 11 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% | 11 | 106,044 |
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 |
zymogen | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "zymogen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 酶原 (Zymogene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | zymogen (proenzyme), proenzym (proenzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zymogeen (proenzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tsymogeeni (proenzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | zymogène, proenzyme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zymogen (proenzyme), Proenzym (proenzyme), Enzymogen (proenzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προένζυμο (proenzyme), ζυμογόνο (proenzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אב תסס. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | proenzima (proenzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ymogenzay zimogéneo (proenzyme), proteína zimogénica (proenzyme), proenzima (proenzyme). (various references) zimógeno (proenzyme), proenzima (proenzyme). (various references) zymogen (proenzyme), proenzym (proenzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zymogen": zymogene, zymogenes, zymogens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "zymogen" (pronounced 'Zym"o*gen'): AEthogen, Agen, Alunogen, Amphigen, Amylogen, Biggen, Biogen, Botryogen, Chondrigen, Chondrogen, Chromogen, Chrysogen, Collagen, Copenhagen, Cyanogen, Erythrogen, fibrinogen, Gasogen, -gen, Germogen, Glucogen, Glycogen, halogen, hydrogen, Mucigen, Mucinogen, Neogen, nitrogen, Noggen, Organogen, Osteogen, oxygen, Paracyanogen, Pauhaugen, Pepsinogen, Peptogen, Persulphocyanogen, Phellogen, Photogen, Plasmogen, Pohagen, Pyrogen, Quinogen, Rhizogen, Rontgen, Salogen, Sclerogen, trypsinogen, Twiggen, Xanthogen. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-m-n-o-y-z" | |
-2 letters: enzym, genom, gnome, money. | |
-3 letters: gone, meno, mony, nome, omen, oyez, zone, zyme. | |
-4 letters: ego, eng, eon, gem, gen, gey, goy, gym, meg, men, mog, mon, nog, nom, one, yen, yom, yon. | |
-5 letters: em, en, go, me, mo, my, ne, no, oe, om, on, oy, ye, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-m-n-o-y-z" | |
+1 letter: zymogene, zymogens. | |
+2 letters: zymogenes. | |
+3 letters: enzymology, hemolyzing. | |
+5 letters: enzymologies, enzymologist, polymerizing. | |
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