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procalcitonin

procalcitonin noun: a peptide precursor to the hormone calcitonin.

Noun

procalcitonin (uncountable)

  1. A peptide precursor to the hormone calcitonin

Origin of procalcitonin

From pro- + calcitonin.

Words formed from procalcitonin

Questions about procalcitonin

What does procalcitonin mean?
Procalcitonin means a peptide precursor to the hormone calcitonin.
What part of speech is procalcitonin?
Procalcitonin is a noun.

Words near procalcitonin in the dictionary

  1. procaine penicillin
  2. procaines
  3. procalcific
  4. procalcification
  5. procalcifying
  6. procalcitonin
  7. procalcitoninaemia
  8. procalcitonine
  9. procambia
  10. procambial
  11. procambium

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