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dystrophin

dystrophin noun: a cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy.

Noun

dystrophin (countable and uncountable, plural dystrophins)

  1. A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy

Forms of dystrophin

pluraldystrophins

Origin of dystrophin

From dystrophy + -in.

Words formed from dystrophin

Questions about dystrophin

What does dystrophin mean?
Dystrophin means a cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy.
What part of speech is dystrophin?
Dystrophin is a noun.
What is the plural of dystrophin?
The plural of dystrophin is dystrophins.

Words near dystrophin in the dictionary

  1. dystrophic calcification
  2. dystrophically
  3. dystrophication
  4. dystrophications
  5. dystrophies
  6. dystrophin
  7. dystrophinopathic
  8. dystrophinopathies
  9. dystrophinopathy
  10. dystrophins
  11. dystrophisation

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