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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

preproinsulin en · NOUN

Etymology

By surface analysis, prepro- + insulin, or, by surface analysis, pre- + proinsulin.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A biologically inactive precursor to the endocrine hormone insulin.
    • Meronym: proinsulin

Coordinates

preproglucagon · proinsulin

Hypernyms

preprohormone