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melanostatins

melanostatins is the plural of melanostatin.

Meaning of melanostatin

Noun

melanostatin (usually uncountable, plural melanostatins)

  1. (usually) Melanocyte-inhibiting factor (an endogenous peptide fragment derived from cleavage of the hormone oxytocin).

Questions about melanostatins

What is melanostatins the plural of?
Melanostatins is the plural of melanostatin.

Words near melanostatins in the dictionary

  1. melanospermous
  2. melanosperms
  3. melanosphere
  4. melanospheres
  5. melanostatin
  6. melanostatins
  7. melanostibite
  8. melanotaeniid
  9. melanotaeniids
  10. melanotekite
  11. melanothallite

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