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synuclein

synuclein noun: a small, soluble protein primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.

Noun

synuclein (countable and uncountable, plural synucleins)

  1. A small, soluble protein primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.
    • One of the hallmarks of the condition is deposits of insoluble fibres of a substance called synuclein. Normally found as small soluble molecules in healthy nerve cells, in people with Parkinson’s, something causes the synuclein molecules to warp into a different shape, making them clump together as...2016 December 3, Clare Wilson, “Parkinson’s: we’re looking in the wrong place”, in New Scientist, number 3102, archived from the original on 19 May 2017, page 8

Forms of synuclein

pluralsynucleins

Words formed from synuclein

Questions about synuclein

What does synuclein mean?
Synuclein means a small, soluble protein primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.
What part of speech is synuclein?
Synuclein is a noun.
What is the plural of synuclein?
The plural of synuclein is synucleins.

Words near synuclein in the dictionary

  1. syntropy
  2. Syntyche
  3. syntype
  4. syntypes
  5. syntypic
  6. synuclein
  7. synucleinopathies
  8. synucleinopathy
  9. synucleins
  10. synucleopathies
  11. synucleopathy

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