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thrombospondins

thrombospondins is the plural of thrombospondin.

Meaning of thrombospondin

Noun

thrombospondin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombospondins)

  1. Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.

Questions about thrombospondins

What is thrombospondins the plural of?
Thrombospondins is the plural of thrombospondin.

Words near thrombospondins in the dictionary

  1. thrombosed
  2. thromboses
  3. thrombosing
  4. thrombosis
  5. thrombospondin
  6. thrombospondins
  7. thrombostasis
  8. thrombosthenin
  9. thrombosuction
  10. thrombosuppression
  11. thrombosuppressive

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