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haemaphysalin

haemaphysalin noun: a kallikrein-kinin inhibitor isolated from a tick of the genus Haemaphysalis.

Noun

haemaphysalin (uncountable)

  1. A kallikrein-kinin inhibitor isolated from a tick of the genus Haemaphysalis
    • In Haemaphysalis longicornis, a unique Kunitz-domain-containing inhibitor, haemaphysalin, is responsible for interrupting the kallikrein–kinin system.2016 February 13, “Temporal Gene Expression Analysis and RNA Silencing of Single and Multiple Members of Gene Family in the Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of haemaphysalin

From genus name Haemaphyalis + -in.

Questions about haemaphysalin

What does haemaphysalin mean?
Haemaphysalin means a kallikrein-kinin inhibitor isolated from a tick of the genus Haemaphysalis.
What part of speech is haemaphysalin?
Haemaphysalin is a noun.

Words near haemaphysalin in the dictionary

  1. haemantamines
  2. haemanthamine
  3. haemanthamines
  4. haemanthidine
  5. haemaphaein
  6. haemaphysalin
  7. haemapodous
  8. haemapoietic
  9. haemapophyseal
  10. haemapophyses
  11. haemapophysial

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