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dyskerin en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English keratosis English dyskeratosis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English dyskerin From dyskeratosis + -in.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A human gene, Dyskeratosis congenita 1, a small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein in which mutations are responsible for Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome.