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nephrilysin

nephrilysin is the misspelling of neprilysin.

Meaning of neprilysin

Noun

neprilysin (countable and uncountable, plural neprilysins)

  1. A particular type of metalloprotease, namely membrane metallo-endopeptidase (MME)
    Synonyms:
    CD10, common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen, neutral endopeptidase

Questions about nephrilysin

What is nephrilysin the misspelling of?
Nephrilysin is the misspelling of neprilysin.

Words near nephrilysin in the dictionary

  1. nephridial
  2. nephridiopore
  3. nephridiopores
  4. nephridium
  5. nephridiums
  6. nephrilysin
  7. nephrin
  8. nephrins
  9. nephrinuria
  10. nephrism
  11. nephrite

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