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neurophysin

neurophysin noun: any of a group of carrier proteins that transport the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin to the posterior pituitary from the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus.

Noun

neurophysin (plural neurophysins)

  1. Any of a group of carrier proteins that transport the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin to the posterior pituitary from the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus

Forms of neurophysin

pluralneurophysins

Questions about neurophysin

What does neurophysin mean?
Neurophysin means any of a group of carrier proteins that transport the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin to the posterior pituitary from the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus.
What part of speech is neurophysin?
Neurophysin is a noun.
What is the plural of neurophysin?
The plural of neurophysin is neurophysins.

Words near neurophysin in the dictionary

  1. neurophysical
  2. neurophysically
  3. neurophysicist
  4. neurophysicists
  5. neurophysics
  6. neurophysin
  7. neurophysins
  8. neurophysiologic
  9. neurophysiological
  10. neurophysiologically
  11. neurophysiologies

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