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somatomedin

somatomedin noun: any of a group of peptides which mediate the action of somatotropin on cartilage.

Noun

somatomedin (countable and uncountable, plural somatomedins)

  1. Any of a group of peptides which mediate the action of somatotropin on cartilage.

Forms of somatomedin

pluralsomatomedins

Questions about somatomedin

What does somatomedin mean?
Somatomedin means any of a group of peptides which mediate the action of somatotropin on cartilage.
What part of speech is somatomedin?
Somatomedin is a noun.
What is the plural of somatomedin?
The plural of somatomedin is somatomedins.

Words near somatomedin in the dictionary

  1. somatomammotroph
  2. somatomammotrophs
  3. somatomammotropin
  4. somatomammotropins
  5. somatome
  6. somatomedin
  7. somatomedins
  8. somatomes
  9. somatometer
  10. somatometers
  11. somatometric

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