"thermogenin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thermogenins [plural]
Etymology: thermo- + -genin Etymology templates: {{confix|en|thermo|genin}} thermo- + -genin Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} thermogenin (usually uncountable, plural thermogenins)
  1. An uncoupling protein found in the mitochondria of brown adipose tissue, used to generate heat by non-shivering thermogenesis. Wikipedia link: thermogenin Tags: uncountable, usually

Inflected forms

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