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histatin

histatin noun: any of a class of antimicrobial and antifungal histidine-rich proteins found in saliva.

Noun

histatin (plural histatins)

  1. Any of a class of antimicrobial and antifungal histidine-rich proteins found in saliva.

Forms of histatin

pluralhistatins

Origin of histatin

From the histidine and probably -static.

Questions about histatin

What does histatin mean?
Histatin means any of a class of antimicrobial and antifungal histidine-rich proteins found in saliva.
What part of speech is histatin?
Histatin is a noun.
What is the plural of histatin?
The plural of histatin is histatins.

Words near histatin in the dictionary

  1. histaminic
  2. histamins
  3. histaminylation
  4. histaminylations
  5. histapyrrodine
  6. histatin
  7. histatins
  8. histed
  9. histel
  10. histels
  11. hister beetle

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