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chitins

chitins is the plural of chitin.

Meaning of chitin

Noun

chitin (countable and uncountable, plural chitins)

  1. A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
    • Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm.1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body, Macmillan, page 299
    Synonyms:
    entomolin

Questions about chitins

What is chitins the plural of?
Chitins is the plural of chitin.

Words near chitins in the dictionary

  1. chitinophosphatic
  2. chitinous
  3. chitinozoa
  4. chitinozoan
  5. chitinozoans
  6. chitins
  7. chitlin
  8. Chitlin' Circuit
  9. chitling
  10. chitlings
  11. chitlins

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