actina
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Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
actina f (plural actine)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) and the chemical suffix -ina.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ac‧ti‧na
Noun
actina f (plural actinas)
- actin (a globular structural protein)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
actina f (plural actinas)
- (biochemistry) actin (a globular structural protein)
- Coordinate term: miosina
Further reading
- “actina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- “actina” in Diccionario de términos médicos, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2012.