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kaposin

kaposin noun: a protein, associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, that enhances the release of pathogenetically important proinflammatory cytokines.

Noun

kaposin (countable and uncountable, plural kaposins)

  1. A protein, associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, that enhances the release of pathogenetically important proinflammatory cytokines.

Forms of kaposin

pluralkaposins

Origin of kaposin

From Kaposi + -in.

Questions about kaposin

What does kaposin mean?
Kaposin means a protein, associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, that enhances the release of pathogenetically important proinflammatory cytokines.
What part of speech is kaposin?
Kaposin is a noun.
What is the plural of kaposin?
The plural of kaposin is kaposins.

Words near kaposin in the dictionary

  1. Kaposi
  2. Kaposi's sarcoma
  3. Kaposi's sarcomas
  4. Kaposi's sarcomata
  5. kaposiform
  6. kaposin
  7. kaposins
  8. Kaposis
  9. Kaposvár
  10. kapota
  11. kapotas

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