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stanniocalcin

stanniocalcin noun: a polypeptide hormone that acts in kidney and gut to regulate calcium and phosphate.

Noun

stanniocalcin (countable and uncountable, plural stanniocalcins)

  1. a polypeptide hormone that acts in kidney and gut to regulate calcium and phosphate
  2. Synonym of STC, a gene family that encodes for stanniocalcin
    Synonyms:
    STC

Synonyms of stanniocalcin

Forms of stanniocalcin

pluralstanniocalcins

Words formed from stanniocalcin

Questions about stanniocalcin

What does stanniocalcin mean?
Stanniocalcin means a polypeptide hormone that acts in kidney and gut to regulate calcium and phosphate.
What part of speech is stanniocalcin?
Stanniocalcin is a noun.
What is the plural of stanniocalcin?
The plural of stanniocalcin is stanniocalcins.

Words near stanniocalcin in the dictionary

  1. stanninane
  2. stannine
  3. stanning
  4. Stanningley
  5. Stannington
  6. stanniocalcin
  7. stanniocalcins
  8. stannite
  9. stannites
  10. stanno-
  11. stannoan

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