deaminate

Questions about deaminate

What does deaminate mean?

deaminate means "remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination".

How many syllables are in deaminate?

deaminate has 4 syllables and divides as de-a-mi-nate 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 deaminate?

Close synonyms include deaminize. 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 deaminate a common word?

deaminate 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.