"myostatin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmaɪəʊˌstætɪn/ Forms: myostatins [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from myo- (“muscle”) + Latin statos, status, sto (“remain, stand, fix, set"”) or Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”). myo- + -statin? Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|statos}} Latin statos, {{uder|en|grc|στάσις||inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing}} Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”), {{confix|en|myo|statin}} myo- + -statin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} myostatin (countable and uncountable, plural myostatins)
  1. (biochemistry) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue. Wikipedia link: myostatin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Proteins Translations (a protein): myostatine [feminine] (French), Myostatin [neuter] (German), miostatina [feminine] (Spanish)

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