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prohibitin

prohibitin noun: a protein, found in almost all living things, thought to have multiple functions.

Noun

prohibitin (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitins)

  1. A protein, found in almost all living things, thought to have multiple functions.

Forms of prohibitin

pluralprohibitins

Origin of prohibitin

From prohibit + -in?

Questions about prohibitin

What does prohibitin mean?
Prohibitin means a protein, found in almost all living things, thought to have multiple functions.
What part of speech is prohibitin?
Prohibitin is a noun.
What is the plural of prohibitin?
The plural of prohibitin is prohibitins.

Words near prohibitin in the dictionary

  1. prohibited
  2. prohibitedness
  3. prohibiter
  4. prohibiters
  5. prohibiteth
  6. prohibitin
  7. prohibiting
  8. prohibitins
  9. prohibition
  10. prohibitional
  11. prohibitionary

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