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syncytin

syncytin noun: any of a class of captive retroviral envelope proteins involved in human placental morphogenesis.

Noun

syncytin (plural syncytins)

  1. Any of a class of captive retroviral envelope proteins involved in human placental morphogenesis

Forms of syncytin

pluralsyncytins

Questions about syncytin

What does syncytin mean?
Syncytin means any of a class of captive retroviral envelope proteins involved in human placental morphogenesis.
What part of speech is syncytin?
Syncytin is a noun.
What is the plural of syncytin?
The plural of syncytin is syncytins.

Words near syncytin in the dictionary

  1. syncytiate
  2. syncytiated
  3. syncytiates
  4. syncytiating
  5. syncytical
  6. syncytin
  7. syncytins
  8. syncytiosome
  9. syncytiosomes
  10. syncytiotrophoblast
  11. syncytiotrophoblastic

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