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proinsulin

proinsulin noun: a polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin.

Noun

proinsulin (countable and uncountable, plural proinsulins)

  1. A polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin

Forms of proinsulin

pluralproinsulins

Origin of proinsulin

From pro- + insulin.

Words formed from proinsulin

Questions about proinsulin

What does proinsulin mean?
Proinsulin means a polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin.
What part of speech is proinsulin?
Proinsulin is a noun.
What is the plural of proinsulin?
The plural of proinsulin is proinsulins.

Words near proinsulin in the dictionary

  1. proinhibitor
  2. proinhibitors
  3. proining
  4. proinjunction
  5. proins
  6. proinsulin
  7. proinsulins
  8. prointervention
  9. prointerventionist
  10. prointerventionists
  11. proinvasive

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