de-iodinase

1. 1.

   an enzyme that removes the iodine radical

   Broaderenzyme

Questions about de-iodinase

What does de-iodinase mean?

de-iodinase means "an enzyme that removes the iodine radical".

How many syllables are in de-iodinase?

de-iodinase has 4 syllables and divides as de--io-di-nase 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.

Is de-iodinase a common word?

de-iodinase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.