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filipin

filipin noun: a potent antifungal chemical first isolated from the actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis, widely used as a histochemical stain for cholesterol.

Noun

filipin (uncountable)

  1. A potent antifungal chemical first isolated from the actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis, widely used as a histochemical stain for cholesterol.

Origin of filipin

filipinensis + -in

Questions about filipin

What does filipin mean?
Filipin means a potent antifungal chemical first isolated from the actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis, widely used as a histochemical stain for cholesterol.
What part of speech is filipin?
Filipin is a noun.

Words near filipin in the dictionary

  1. Filipești
  2. Filipeștii de Pădure
  3. Filipeștii de Târg
  4. Filipiak
  5. Filipiaks
  6. filipin
  7. Filipin@
  8. Filipin@s
  9. Filipina
  10. Filipinas
  11. Filipiniana

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