"tetraspan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tetraspans [plural]
Etymology: tetra- + span Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|tetra|span}} tetra- + span Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetraspan (plural tetraspans)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of membrane glycoproteins whose multimolecular complexes have four transmembrane domains Categories (topical): Proteins

Inflected forms

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