defensin

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English defense

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusder.

Old French -inbor.

Middle English -in

English -ineclip.

English -in

English defensin

From defense + -in.

Noun

defensin (plural defensins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of cysteine-rich proteins that are active against bacteria, fungi and viruses

Derived terms

• preprodefensin
• prodefensin

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Verb

defensin

1. inflection of defensar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative