mono-iodotyrosine

1. 1.

   tyrosine with one iodine atom added

   Broaderiodotyrosine

Questions about mono-iodotyrosine

What does mono-iodotyrosine mean?

mono-iodotyrosine means "tyrosine with one iodine atom added".

How many syllables are in mono-iodotyrosine?

mono-iodotyrosine has 7 syllables and divides as mo-no--io-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 mono-iodotyrosine a common word?

mono-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.