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protachykinin

protachykinin noun: a peptide isolated from pheochromocytoma tissue.

Noun

protachykinin (plural protachykinins)

  1. A peptide isolated from pheochromocytoma tissue.

Forms of protachykinin

pluralprotachykinins

Origin of protachykinin

From pro- + tachykinin.

Questions about protachykinin

What does protachykinin mean?
Protachykinin means a peptide isolated from pheochromocytoma tissue.
What part of speech is protachykinin?
Protachykinin is a noun.
What is the plural of protachykinin?
The plural of protachykinin is protachykinins.

Words near protachykinin in the dictionary

  1. prot-
  2. Prot.
  3. protacadherin
  4. protacanthopterygian
  5. protacanthopterygians
  6. protachykinin
  7. protachykinins
  8. protacrodont
  9. protacrodonts
  10. protactic
  11. ProTactile

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