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thrombspondin

thrombspondin is the alternative form 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.

Forms of thrombspondin

pluralthrombspondins

Questions about thrombspondin

What is thrombspondin the alternative form of?
Thrombspondin is the alternative form of thrombospondin.

Words near thrombspondin in the dictionary

  1. thrombovaricophlebitis
  2. thrombovascular
  3. thrombovasculitis
  4. thromboxane
  5. thromboxanes
  6. thrombspondin
  7. thrombspondins
  8. thrombus
  9. thromde
  10. thromdes
  11. thromidioside

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