Definitions For Microcystin

Noun

MICROCYSTIN. (countable and uncountable, plural MICROCYSTINs) (biochemistry) Any of a class of cyclic oligopeptide hepatotoxins produced by cyanobacterium, cyanobacteria

Coordinate terms

cyclic oligopeptide hepatoxins from cyanobacteria anatoxin, nodularin, saxitoxin

Translations

Finnish: mikrokystiini

Etymology

From microcystis, from which the toxin was first isolated, + in

Is Microcystin a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
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Words with Friends
23

The word Microcystin is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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