polylysine
noun
polylysine is spelled P-O-L-Y-L-Y-S-I-N-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polylysine means “A polypeptide (or section of a protein) consisting only of lysine residues” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polylysine is polylysines.
How many letters and syllables are in polylysine?
| Letters | 10: P-O-L-Y-L-Y-S-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is polylysine?
Polylysine appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).
Forms of polylysine
- polylysines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polylysine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A polypeptide (or section of a protein) consisting only of lysine residues
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does polylysine come from?
From poly- + lysine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).