di-iodotyrosine

1. 1.

   tyrosine with two iodine atoms added

   Broaderiodotyrosine

Questions about di-iodotyrosine

What does di-iodotyrosine mean?

di-iodotyrosine means "tyrosine with two iodine atoms added".

How many syllables are in di-iodotyrosine?

di-iodotyrosine has 7 syllables and divides as di--i-o-do-ty-ro-sine 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 di-iodotyrosine a common word?

di-iodotyrosine 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.