Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

descendin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-scendin
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An uncharacterised testes secreted peptide hormone that controls testicular descent in mammals.

Etymology

Term invented by Fentener van Vlissingen et al, derived from descend with suffix -in used for proteins.

Synonyms

insulin-like hormone 3 Insl3

Questions

What does descendin mean?: An uncharacterised testes secreted peptide hormone that controls testicular descent in mammals.
Where does descendin come from?: Term invented by Fentener van Vlissingen et al, derived from descend with suffix -in used for proteins.

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