ELASTIN

Meaning of ELASTIN in English

Pronunciation: i- ' las-t ə n

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin elasticus

Date: 1875

: a protein that is similar to collagen and is the chief constituent of elastic fibers

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ELASTIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin elasticus Date: 1875 a protein that is similar to collagen and is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELASTIN — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷stə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary elast- + -in; originally formed in German : a protein that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELASTIN — (n.) A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in …
Английский словарь Webster
ELASTIN — ( n. ) A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELASTIN — /i las"tin/ , n. Biochem. a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue. [ 1870-75; ELAST(IC) + -IN 2 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELASTIN — n. type of protein
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ELASTIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin elasticus Date: 1875 : a protein that is similar to collagen and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELASTIN — noun a nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. it is very insoluble in …
Webster English vocab
ELASTIN — [ ɪ'lastɪn ] ■ noun Biochemistry an elastic, fibrous glycoprotein found in connective tissue.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELASTIN — [elas.tin] n [ISV, fr. NL elasticus] (1875): a protein that is similar to collagen and is the chief constituent of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELASTIN — / ɪˈlæstɪn; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( biology ) a natural substance that stretches easily, found in the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ELASTIN — saltine
Anagrams English vocabulary
ELASTIN — эластин
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELASTIN — эластин
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ELASTIN — эластин (эластичный фибриллярный белок)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ELASTIN — эластин
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELASTIC FIBER — noun Date: 1849 a thick very elastic smooth yellowish anastomosing fiber of connective tissue that contains elastin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELASTASE — noun Etymology: elastin + -ase Date: 1949 an enzyme especially of pancreatic juice that digests elastin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELASTIC FIBER — noun : a thick very elastic smooth yellowish connective tissue fiber that contains elastin and that branches and anastomoses with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELASTASE — ə̇ˈlaˌstās, ēˈ-, -āz noun ( -s ) Etymology: elast in + -ase : an enzyme that decomposes elastin and collagen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLLAGEN — noun also col·lo·gen ˈkäləjə̇n, -ˌjen ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary colla- (from Greek kolla glue) or coll- + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KERATIN — (n.) A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical …
Английский словарь Webster
KERATIN — ( n. ) A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELASTASE — /i las"tays, -taz/ , n. Biochem. a pancreatic protease that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin and other related proteins to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELASTASE — [elas.tase] n [elastin + -ase] (1949): an enzyme esp. of pancreatic juice that digests elastin
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKIN — in human anatomy, the covering, or integument, of the body's surface that both provides protection and receives sensory stimuli from …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCLEROPROTEIN — any of several fibrous proteins of cells and tissues once thought to be insoluble but now known to be dissolved …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROTEIN CONCENTRATE — a human or animal dietary supplement that has a very high protein content and is extracted or prepared from vegetable …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLEPHAROCHALASIS — sagging of the skin of the upper eyelid down over the eye, so that vision may be obstructed. The condition …
Britannica English vocabulary
AGING — progressive physiological changes in an organism that lead to senescence, or a decline of biological functions and of the organism's …
Britannica English vocabulary
PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM — (abbreviated PXE), a rare disorder of degeneration of the elastic fibers with tiny areas of calcification in the skin, back …
English Dictionary of Medicine
PXE — Abbreviation for pseudoxanthoma elasticum, a rare disorder of degeneration of the elastic fibers with tiny areas of calcification in the …
English Dictionary of Medicine

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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