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cathelicidin

cathelicidin noun: any of a family of antimicrobial polypeptides found in lysosomes in polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Noun

cathelicidin (plural cathelicidins)

  1. Any of a family of antimicrobial polypeptides found in lysosomes in polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Forms of cathelicidin

pluralcathelicidins

Origin of cathelicidin

From cathelin (“the protein domain conserved in cathelicidins”) + -cide (“killer”) + -in, in 1995.

Questions about cathelicidin

What does cathelicidin mean?
Cathelicidin means any of a family of antimicrobial polypeptides found in lysosomes in polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
What part of speech is cathelicidin?
Cathelicidin is a noun.
What is the plural of cathelicidin?
The plural of cathelicidin is cathelicidins.

Words near cathelicidin in the dictionary

  1. cathedratical
  2. cathedratically
  3. cathedræ
  4. cathedulin
  5. cathedulins
  6. cathelicidin
  7. cathelicidins
  8. cathelin
  9. cathemeral
  10. cathemerality
  11. cathenamine

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