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antitrypsin

antitrypsin noun: any of a class of serum proteins that inhibit trypsin and similar proteolytic enzymes.

Noun

antitrypsin (plural antitrypsins)

  1. Any of a class of serum proteins that inhibit trypsin and similar proteolytic enzymes

Forms of antitrypsin

pluralantitrypsins

Origin of antitrypsin

From anti- + trypsin.

Questions about antitrypsin

What does antitrypsin mean?
Antitrypsin means any of a class of serum proteins that inhibit trypsin and similar proteolytic enzymes.
What part of speech is antitrypsin?
Antitrypsin is a noun.
What is the plural of antitrypsin?
The plural of antitrypsin is antitrypsins.

Words near antitrypsin in the dictionary

  1. antitrypanosomal
  2. antitrypanosomally
  3. antitrypanosomatid
  4. antitrypanosome
  5. antitrypanosomic
  6. antitrypsin
  7. antitrypsins
  8. antitryptic
  9. antitubercular
  10. antituberculars
  11. antituberculosis

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