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dermcidin

dermcidin noun: an antibiotic peptide secreted by human eccrine sweat glands onto the skin.

Noun

dermcidin (uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic peptide secreted by human eccrine sweat glands onto the skin.

Origin of dermcidin

From derm- + -cide + -in.

Words formed from dermcidin

  • DCD
  • DCD gene
  • DCD protein

Questions about dermcidin

What does dermcidin mean?
Dermcidin means an antibiotic peptide secreted by human eccrine sweat glands onto the skin.
What part of speech is dermcidin?
Dermcidin is a noun.

Words near dermcidin in the dictionary

  1. dermatoxins
  2. Dermatozoenwahn
  3. Dermatozoenwahns
  4. dermatrophic
  5. dermatrophy
  6. dermcidin
  7. Dermer
  8. dermestid
  9. dermestids
  10. dermestoid
  11. dermethmoid

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