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exendin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-endin
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of peptide agonists found in Gila monster venom.

Etymology

peptide found in an EXocrine secretion of Heloderma lizards which has ENDocrine activity" (J Biol Chem (1990) 265: 20259) + -in

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

exendins (plural)

Derived Forms

exenatide

Questions

What does exendin mean?
Any of a group of peptide agonists found in Gila monster venom.
Where does exendin come from?
peptide found in an EXocrine secretion of Heloderma lizards which has ENDocrine activity" (J Biol Chem (1990) 265: 20259) + -in

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