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peripherin

noun

Etymology

From peripheral + -in.

  1. borrowed from peripherie
  2. formed as peripheral — “periphery + -al”
  3. suffixed as peripherin — “peripheral + in”

Definitions

  1. An intermediate filament protein expressed mainly in neurons of the peripheral nervous…

    An intermediate filament protein expressed mainly in neurons of the peripheral nervous system

  2. A photoreceptive glycoprotein

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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