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aprotonin

aprotonin is the alternative form of aprotinin.

Meaning of aprotinin

Noun

aprotinin (uncountable)

  1. A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding

Questions about aprotonin

What is aprotonin the alternative form of?
Aprotonin is the alternative form of aprotinin.

Words near aprotonin in the dictionary

  1. aprosopia
  2. aprotanin
  3. aprotic
  4. aprotinin
  5. aprotinine
  6. aprotonin
  7. aprowl
  8. APRS
  9. après
  10. après ski
  11. après-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aprotonin (page history and authors); aprotinin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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