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axin

axin noun: a fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.

Noun

axin (countable and uncountable, plural axins)

  1. A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.

Proper noun capitalized: Axin

Axin

  1. A large docking protein that in humans is encoded by the AXIN1 gene, and that binds APC, GSK-3β, casein kinase Iα, and β-catenin.

Forms of axin

pluralaxins

Questions about axin

What does axin mean?
Axin means a fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.
What part of speech is axin?
Axin can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of axin?
The plural of axin is axins.

Words near axin in the dictionary

  1. axillas
  2. axilliary
  3. axillobifemoral
  4. axillofemoral
  5. axils
  6. axin
  7. axinellid
  8. axinellids
  9. axing
  10. axings
  11. axiniform

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