elastin

About 0.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.

Similar words

elastokine elasticin elastoidin elastinase collagen elastase tropoelastin microfibrillin elastinogenesis fibrillin

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Word family

elastins