Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plasmin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: plas-min
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English plasmin From plasma + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

plasmins (plural)

Derived Forms

antiplasmin microplasmin miniplasmin plasminemia plasminergic plasminogen plasminogenesis

Frequently Paired Words

fibrinolysis

Synonyms

fibrinolysin

Questions

What does plasmin mean?: A proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.
Where does plasmin come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English plasmin From plasma + -in.

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