myeloperoxidase
noun
myeloperoxidase is a noun meaning “A peroxidase enzyme most abundantly present in neutrophil granulocytes, responsible for the greenish colour of pus and mucus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-E-L-O-P-E-R-O-X-I-D-A-S-E, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of myeloperoxidase is myeloperoxidases.
What does myeloperoxidase mean?
noun
- 1
A peroxidase enzyme most abundantly present in neutrophil granulocytes, responsible for the greenish colour of pus and mucus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of myeloperoxidase
- myeloperoxidases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is myeloperoxidase?
Myeloperoxidase appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate myeloperoxidase?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of myeloperoxidase: MPO.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does myeloperoxidase come from?
From myelo- + peroxidase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).