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lectins

lectins is the plural of lectin.

Meaning of lectin

Noun

lectin (plural lectins)

  1. Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.
    • The result proved less about the safety of genetic engineering than it did about the safety of lectins – known animal poisons.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 252

Questions about lectins

What is lectins the plural of?
Lectins is the plural of lectin.

Words near lectins in the dictionary

  1. lectinologist
  2. lectinologists
  3. lectinology
  4. lectinolysin
  5. lectinolysins
  6. lectins
  7. lectio difficilior
  8. lection
  9. lectional
  10. lectionaries
  11. lectionary

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