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petractin

petractin noun: an adhesin produced by Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent for whooping cough.

Noun

petractin (uncountable)

  1. An adhesin produced by Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent for whooping cough.

Questions about petractin

What does petractin mean?
Petractin means an adhesin produced by Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent for whooping cough.
What part of speech is petractin?
Petractin is a noun.

Words near petractin in the dictionary

  1. petpilled
  2. petpills
  3. petplay
  4. Petr
  5. petra
  6. petractin
  7. Petraglia
  8. Petraglias
  9. Petraitis
  10. Petraitises
  11. Petrak

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