granulin

noun

Etymology

From granule + -in.

  1. derived from grānum
  2. borrowed from grānulum
  3. borrowed from granule
  4. suffixed as granulin — “granule + in

Definitions

  1. Any of a family of secreted glycosylated peptides that affect cell growth.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for granulin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA