KALLIKREIN


Meaning of KALLIKREIN in English

[kal.li.kre.in] n [G, fr. Gk kallikreas sweetbread, pancreas, fr. kalli- beautiful (fr. kallos beauty) + kreas flesh--more at raw] (1930): a hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation

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