sonic hedgehog

English

Etymology

Named after the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, in reference to the hedgehog signalling pathway.

Noun

sonic hedgehog (uncountable) (Abbreviated as: Shh or SHH)

1. (biochemistry) A morphogenic protein that controls cell division of adult stem cells and has been implicated in the development of some cancers.

Usage notes

• Sometimes capitalized as Sonic hedgehog.

Translations

protein

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 音猬因子

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• Finnish: sonic hedgehog

See also

• hedgehog signalling pathway
• robotnikin

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Finnish

Noun

sonic hedgehog

1. sonic hedgehog

Declension

This word is usually not inflected, as it would be difficult to fit into any Finnish declension category. If there's a need to inflect sonic hedgehog, it is combined with something inflectable such as proteiini (“protein”) or molekyyli (“molecule”), e.g. sonic hedgehog-molekyyli.