Synonyms & related words for phosphorylation

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of phosphorylation. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to phosphorylation

Explore words related to phosphorylation — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include dephosphorylation, phosphorylated, phosphorylating, kinase, photophosphorylation, dephosphorylate, histone, proteolysis. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does phosphorylation come from?

The word phosphorylation breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: phosphor, from Greek phosphoros (“phosphate group”); -yl, from Greek hyle (“chemical radical”); and -ation, from Latin atio (“process of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.