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biglycan

biglycan noun: a small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan which is found in a variety of extracellular matrix tissues, including bone, cartilage and tendon.

Noun

biglycan (countable and uncountable, plural biglycans)

  1. A small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan which is found in a variety of extracellular matrix tissues, including bone, cartilage and tendon

Forms of biglycan

pluralbiglycans

Origin of biglycan

From bi- + glycan.

Questions about biglycan

What does biglycan mean?
Biglycan means a small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan which is found in a variety of extracellular matrix tissues, including bone, cartilage and tendon.
What part of speech is biglycan?
Biglycan is a noun.
What is the plural of biglycan?
The plural of biglycan is biglycans.

Words near biglycan in the dictionary

  1. Biglows
  2. bigluconate
  3. bigluconates
  4. bigluing
  5. bigly
  6. biglycan
  7. biglycans
  8. bigmanism
  9. bigmouth
  10. bigmouth shiner
  11. bigmouth shiners

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