filensin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps fibrous + lens + -in?”)
Noun
[edit]filensin (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) A fibrous protein present in the lens of the eye
- 2015 July 31, Yosuke Nakazawa et al., “Hesperetin prevents selenite-induced cataract in rats”, in Molecular Vision[1], volume 21:
- This may indicate cataract development, with concomitant degradation of the 94 kDa and 50 kDa forms of filensin, in addition to the decreased GSH and AsA concentrations.