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spectrin

spectrin noun: a contractile protein found on the surface of the membranes of blood cells.

Noun

spectrin (countable and uncountable, plural spectrins)

  1. A contractile protein found on the surface of the membranes of blood cells

Forms of spectrin

pluralspectrins

Questions about spectrin

What does spectrin mean?
Spectrin means a contractile protein found on the surface of the membranes of blood cells.
What part of speech is spectrin?
Spectrin is a noun.
What is the plural of spectrin?
The plural of spectrin is spectrins.

Words near spectrin in the dictionary

  1. spectre of the Brocken
  2. spectred
  3. spectrelike
  4. spectres
  5. spectres at the feast
  6. spectrin
  7. spectrinopathies
  8. spectrinopathy
  9. spectrins
  10. spectro-
  11. spectroanalyses

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