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endothelins

endothelins is the plural of endothelin.

Meaning of endothelin

Noun

endothelin (uncountable)

  1. Any of several polypeptides consisting of 21 amino acid residues that are produced in various cells and tissues, that play a role in regulating vasomotor activity, cell proliferation, and the production of hormones, and that have been implicated in the development of vascular disease.

Questions about endothelins

What is endothelins the plural of?
Endothelins is the plural of endothelin.

Words near endothelins in the dictionary

  1. endothelially
  2. endothelian
  3. endotheliitis
  4. endothelin
  5. endothelinergic
  6. endothelins
  7. endothelio-
  8. endotheliochorial
  9. endotheliocyte
  10. endotheliocytes
  11. endotheliogenesis

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