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gingipain

gingipain noun: a protease, secreted by Porphyromonas gingivalis, that works to degrade cytokines.

Noun

gingipain (countable and uncountable, plural gingipains)

  1. A protease, secreted by Porphyromonas gingivalis, that works to degrade cytokines.

Forms of gingipain

pluralgingipains

Questions about gingipain

What does gingipain mean?
Gingipain means a protease, secreted by Porphyromonas gingivalis, that works to degrade cytokines.
What part of speech is gingipain?
Gingipain is a noun.
What is the plural of gingipain?
The plural of gingipain is gingipains.

Words near gingipain in the dictionary

  1. Ginghi
  2. Gingi
  3. gingili
  4. gingilli
  5. ginging
  6. gingipain
  7. gingipains
  8. gingiva
  9. gingivae
  10. gingival
  11. gingivally

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