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protectin

noun

Etymology

From protect + -in.

  1. derived from prōtēctus
  2. suffixed as protectin — “protect + in”

Definitions

  1. A membrane-bound protein that prevents lysis by complement

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for protectin. 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