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prosurfactant

prosurfactant adjective: that promotes the formation of surfactants, especially in lung tissue.

Adjective

prosurfactant (not comparable)

  1. That promotes the formation of surfactants, especially in lung tissue
    • A rabbit antibody to prosurfactant proteins-C (proSP-C) and a rabbit antibody to OPN were purchased from Millipore (Temecula, CA) and Rockland (Limeruck, PA), respectively.2016 February 10, “Heat Shock Protein 27 Plays a Pivotal Role in Myofibroblast Differentiation and in the Development of Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of prosurfactant

alternative formpro-surfactant

Origin of prosurfactant

From pro- + surfactant.

Questions about prosurfactant

What does prosurfactant mean?
Prosurfactant means that promotes the formation of surfactants, especially in lung tissue.
What part of speech is prosurfactant?
Prosurfactant is an adjective.

Words near prosurfactant in the dictionary

  1. prosumer
  2. prosumerism
  3. prosumers
  4. prosumption
  5. prosupination
  6. prosurfactant
  7. prosurrender
  8. prosurvival
  9. prosy
  10. prosyllogism
  11. prosyllogisms

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