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lubricin

noun

Etymology

From lubricate + -in.

  1. borrowed from lūbricātus
  2. suffixed as lubricin — “lubricate + in”

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of water-soluble glycoproteins that provide lubrication to articular…

    Any of a class of water-soluble glycoproteins that provide lubrication to articular cartilage.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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