Meanings
adjectivepentaphosphorylated (not comparable)
- not comparablebiochemistryphosphorylated with five units of phosphoric acid
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
- Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
- Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
- Ancient Greekπεντᾰ- (pentă-)
- Englishpenta-
- Englishphosphorylated
- Englishpentaphosphorylated
From penta- + phosphorylated.
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