"thrombospondin" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "thrombin",
        "3": "respond",
        "4": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "thrombin + respond + -in",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From thrombin + respond + -in, coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to its sensitivity to thrombin.https://web.archive.org/web/20060223143336/http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/9/2723",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thrombospondins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "thrombospondin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombospondins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -in",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biochemistry",
          "orig": "en:Biochemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Chemistry",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis."
      ],
      "id": "en-thrombospondin-en-noun-4ZiOLQvR",
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "glycoprotein",
          "glycoprotein"
        ],
        [
          "extracellular matrix",
          "extracellular matrix"
        ],
        [
          "thrombocyte",
          "thrombocyte"
        ],
        [
          "aggregation",
          "aggregation"
        ],
        [
          "metastasis",
          "metastasis"
        ],
        [
          "angiogenesis",
          "angiogenesis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "spondin"
        },
        {
          "word": "thrombin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "thrombospondin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌθɹɒm.bə(ʊ)ˈspɒn.dɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌθɹɑm.boʊˈspɑn.dɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "thrombospondin"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "thrombin",
        "3": "respond",
        "4": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "thrombin + respond + -in",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From thrombin + respond + -in, coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to its sensitivity to thrombin.https://web.archive.org/web/20060223143336/http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/9/2723",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thrombospondins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "thrombospondin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombospondins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spondin"
    },
    {
      "word": "thrombin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -in",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Biochemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "glycoprotein",
          "glycoprotein"
        ],
        [
          "extracellular matrix",
          "extracellular matrix"
        ],
        [
          "thrombocyte",
          "thrombocyte"
        ],
        [
          "aggregation",
          "aggregation"
        ],
        [
          "metastasis",
          "metastasis"
        ],
        [
          "angiogenesis",
          "angiogenesis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "thrombospondin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌθɹɒm.bə(ʊ)ˈspɒn.dɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌθɹɑm.boʊˈspɑn.dɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "thrombospondin"
}