alcapton

What does alcapton mean?

alcapton means "an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine".

How many syllables are in alcapton?

alcapton has 3 syllables and divides as al-cap-ton under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for alcapton?

Close synonyms include alkapton, homogentisic acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alcapton a common word?

alcapton is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alcapton come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.