proinsulin
noun
proinsulin is spelled P-R-O-I-N-S-U-L-I-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, proinsulin means “A polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of proinsulin is proinsulins.
How many letters and syllables are in proinsulin?
| Letters | 10: P-R-O-I-N-S-U-L-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 58 million words; the 237,177th 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 proinsulin?
Proinsulin appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th 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 proinsulin
- proinsulins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does proinsulin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does proinsulin come from?
From pro- + insulin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).