pyroglutamic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to pyroglutamic acid or its derivatives

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectivepyroglutamic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to pyroglutamic acid or its derivatives

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Englishglutamic
  7. Englishpyroglutamic

From pyro- + glutamic.

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APA

pyroglutamic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyroglutamic

MLA

“pyroglutamic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyroglutamic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyroglutamic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyroglutamic.

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