Meanings
adjectivetetraphosphorylated (not comparable)
- not comparablebiochemistryphosphorylated with four units of phosphoric acid
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
- Englishphosphorylated
- Englishtetraphosphorylated
From tetra- + phosphorylated.
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