ELASTIN

Meaning of ELASTIN in English

( n. )

A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 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 — /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
ELASTIN — n. Pronunciation: i- ' las-t ə n Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin elasticus Date: 1875 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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