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descendin

descendin noun: an uncharacterised testes secreted peptide hormone that controls testicular descent in mammals.

Noun

descendin

  1. An uncharacterised testes secreted peptide hormone that controls testicular descent in mammals.
    Synonyms:
    insulin-like hormone 3, Insl3

Synonyms of descendin

  • insulin-like hormone 3
  • Insl3

Origin of descendin

Term invented by Fentener van Vlissingen et al, derived from descend with suffix -in used for proteins.

Questions about descendin

What does descendin mean?
Descendin means an uncharacterised testes secreted peptide hormone that controls testicular descent in mammals.
What part of speech is descendin?
Descendin is a noun.

Words near descendin in the dictionary

  1. descendeth
  2. descendeur
  3. descendeurs
  4. descendibility
  5. descendible
  6. descendin
  7. descending
  8. descending chain condition
  9. descending chain conditions
  10. descending colon
  11. descending colons

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