diosgenin
Meaning of diosgenin
noun
a steroid compound obtained from Mexican yams and used in the synthesis of steroid hormones.
1930s: from dios- (from the modern Latin genus name Dioscorea ) + genin, denoting steroids that occur as the non-sugar part of certain glycosides.
Information about diosgenin
- It is a name.
- The plural form of diosgenin is: diosgenins.
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Hyphenation of diosgenin
dios-genin
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- diosgenin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with diosgenin
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