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tenascin

tenascin noun: any of a class of glycoprotein found in the extracellular matrix of developing vertebrate embryos.

Noun

tenascin (plural tenascins)

  1. Any of a class of glycoprotein found in the extracellular matrix of developing vertebrate embryos

Forms of tenascin

pluraltenascins

Questions about tenascin

What does tenascin mean?
Tenascin means any of a class of glycoprotein found in the extracellular matrix of developing vertebrate embryos.
What part of speech is tenascin?
Tenascin is a noun.
What is the plural of tenascin?
The plural of tenascin is tenascins.

Words near tenascin in the dictionary

  1. tenants-in-chief
  2. tenantship
  3. tenantships
  4. tenapanor
  5. Tenas
  6. tenascin
  7. tenascins
  8. tenase
  9. tenases
  10. Tenasserim
  11. tenate

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