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calpain

calpain noun: any of a family of enzymes that regulate calcium in the body.

Noun

calpain (plural calpains)

  1. Any of a family of enzymes that regulate calcium in the body.

Forms of calpain

pluralcalpains

Questions about calpain

What does calpain mean?
Calpain means any of a family of enzymes that regulate calcium in the body.
What part of speech is calpain?
Calpain is a noun.
What is the plural of calpain?
The plural of calpain is calpains.

Words near calpain in the dictionary

  1. calpacked
  2. calpacks
  3. calpacs
  4. calpactin
  5. calpactins
  6. calpain
  7. calpainopathies
  8. calpainopathy
  9. calpains
  10. calpas
  11. calpastatin

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