Definitions for cofactor

cofactor co·fac·tor

Spelling: [koh-fak-ter]
IPA: /ˈkoʊˌfæk tər/

Cofactor is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in cofactor (accfoort).

Definitions for cofactor

noun

  1. Biochemistry. any of various organic or inorganic substances necessary to the function of an enzyme.
  2. Mathematics. a prefactor or postfactor. the product of the minor of a given element of a matrix times −1 raised to the power of the sum of the indices of the row and column crossed out in forming the minor.

Origin of cofactor

First recorded in 1935-40; co- + factor

Word Value for cofactor
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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