"avidin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: avidins [plural]
Etymology: From Latin avidus (“hungry”) + -in, based on its "hunger" for biotin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|avidus||hungry}} Latin avidus (“hungry”), {{suffix|en||in}} + -in Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} avidin (countable and uncountable, plural avidins)
  1. (biology) A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs. Wikipedia link: avidin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Derived forms: avidinated, monoavidin, tamavidin, xenavidin, zebavidin Translations (protein): avidiini (Finnish), avidina (Italian)

Inflected forms

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