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porin

porin noun: any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as pores through which small molecules can diffuse.

Noun

porin (plural porins)

  1. Any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as pores through which small molecules can diffuse

Forms of porin

pluralporins

Origin of porin

From pore + -in.

Words formed from porin

Questions about porin

What does porin mean?
Porin means any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as pores through which small molecules can diffuse.
What part of speech is porin?
Porin is a noun.
What is the plural of porin?
The plural of porin is porins.

Words near porin in the dictionary

  1. poriferologist
  2. poriferologists
  3. poriferous
  4. porifers
  5. poriform
  6. porin
  7. porine
  8. porines
  9. poriness
  10. porinflammatory
  11. poring

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