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fertilin

fertilin noun: any of a group of proteins that mediate the binding of sperm to oocytes.

Noun

fertilin (plural fertilins)

  1. Any of a group of proteins that mediate the binding of sperm to oocytes

Forms of fertilin

pluralfertilins

Origin of fertilin

fertile + -in

Questions about fertilin

What does fertilin mean?
Fertilin means any of a group of proteins that mediate the binding of sperm to oocytes.
What part of speech is fertilin?
Fertilin is a noun.
What is the plural of fertilin?
The plural of fertilin is fertilins.

Words near fertilin in the dictionary

  1. Fertile Crescent
  2. Fertile Valley
  3. fertilely
  4. fertileness
  5. fertilest
  6. fertilin
  7. fertilins
  8. fertilisable
  9. fertilisation
  10. fertilisational
  11. fertilisations

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