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biopterins

biopterins is the plural of biopterin.

Meaning of biopterin

Noun

biopterin (countable and uncountable, plural biopterins)

  1. A coenzyme produced within the body, an oxidized degradation product of tetrahydrobiopterin. Defects in biopterin synthesis or regeneration can cause a form of hyperphenylalaninemia, and biopterin deficiency has been associated with dystonia and rabies.

Questions about biopterins

What is biopterins the plural of?
Biopterins is the plural of biopterin.

Words near biopterins in the dictionary

  1. biopsychosocially
  2. biopsychosociocultural
  3. biopsychospiritual
  4. biopsying
  5. biopterin
  6. biopterins
  7. bioptic
  8. bioptical
  9. biopticon
  10. biopticons
  11. bioptics

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