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deorphanized

deorphanized adjective: describing an orphan receptor whose endogenous ligand has now been identified (producing an "adopted orphan").

Adjective

deorphanized (not comparable)

  1. Describing an orphan receptor whose endogenous ligand has now been identified (producing an "adopted orphan").

Origin of deorphanized

From de- + orphan + -ize + -ed.

Questions about deorphanized

What does deorphanized mean?
Deorphanized means describing an orphan receptor whose endogenous ligand has now been identified (producing an "adopted orphan").
What part of speech is deorphanized?
Deorphanized is an adjective.

Words near deorphanized in the dictionary

  1. Deori
  2. Deoria
  3. deorphaned
  4. deorphanization
  5. deorphanize
  6. deorphanized
  7. deorphanizing
  8. deorsum-
  9. deorsumduction
  10. deorsumductions
  11. deorsumversion

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