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lubricin

lubricin noun: any of a class of water-soluble glycoproteins that provide lubrication to articular cartilage.

Noun

lubricin (plural lubricins)

  1. Any of a class of water-soluble glycoproteins that provide lubrication to articular cartilage.

Forms of lubricin

plurallubricins

Origin of lubricin

From lubricate + -in.

Questions about lubricin

What does lubricin mean?
Lubricin means any of a class of water-soluble glycoproteins that provide lubrication to articular cartilage.
What part of speech is lubricin?
Lubricin is a noun.
What is the plural of lubricin?
The plural of lubricin is lubricins.

Words near lubricin in the dictionary

  1. lubrications
  2. lubricative
  3. lubricator
  4. lubricators
  5. lubricatory
  6. lubricin
  7. lubricins
  8. lubricious
  9. lubriciously
  10. lubriciousness
  11. lubricities

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