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vitronectin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vit-ronectin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From vitro- + nectin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vitronectins (plural)

Questions

What does vitronectin mean?
A protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.
Where does vitronectin come from?
From vitro- + nectin.

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