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cingulin

cingulin noun: a dimeric protein found in tight junctions.

Noun

cingulin (countable and uncountable, plural cingulins)

  1. A dimeric protein found in tight junctions

Forms of cingulin

pluralcingulins

Origin of cingulin

From Latin cingulum (“girdle, belt”) + -in

Words formed from cingulin

Questions about cingulin

What does cingulin mean?
Cingulin means a dimeric protein found in tight junctions.
What part of speech is cingulin?
Cingulin is a noun.
What is the plural of cingulin?
The plural of cingulin is cingulins.

Words near cingulin in the dictionary

  1. cingulectomies
  2. cingulectomy
  3. cinguli
  4. cingulid
  5. cingulids
  6. cingulin
  7. cingulins
  8. cingulo-
  9. cingulo-opercular
  10. cingulofrontal
  11. cingulomarginal

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