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chymostatin

chymostatin noun: any of a group of peptide protease inhibitors that show anti-chymotrypsin activity.

Noun

chymostatin (plural chymostatins)

  1. Any of a group of peptide protease inhibitors that show anti-chymotrypsin activity.
    • Furthermore, angiogenesis during granuloma formation could be blocked by chymostatin and by blocking rMCP-5 with a specific antisense oligonucleotide.2015 June 4, Devandir Antonio de Souza Junior et al., “The Role of Mast Cell Specific Chymases and Tryptases in Tumor Angiogenesis”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of chymostatin

pluralchymostatins

Questions about chymostatin

What does chymostatin mean?
Chymostatin means any of a group of peptide protease inhibitors that show anti-chymotrypsin activity.
What part of speech is chymostatin?
Chymostatin is a noun.
What is the plural of chymostatin?
The plural of chymostatin is chymostatins.

Words near chymostatin in the dictionary

  1. chymopapains
  2. chymoplasm
  3. chymosin
  4. chymosinogen
  5. chymosins
  6. chymostatin
  7. chymostatins
  8. chymotrypsin
  9. chymotrypsinated
  10. chymotrypsinized
  11. chymotrypsinogen

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