Etymology

aquaporin

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Today it means: Any of a class of proteins that form water-permeable pores in the membrane of biological cells. Full definition →

English porin ← Middle English aqua ← Latin aqua
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Middle Englishaqua
  5. Englishaqua-
  6. Englishpore
  7. Englishporin
  8. English todayaquaporin

From aqua- + porin.

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