complexin

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noun

A type of protein found in nerve tissue.

OriginEnglish complex ← French complexe ← Latin complexu →
Scrabble 22
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Meanings

nouncomplexin (plural complexins)

plural complexins

  1. A type of protein found in nerve tissue.

    We next examined which complexin sequences mediate spontaneous and evoked fusion.

    2009 January 23, Anton Maximov et al., “Complexin Controls the Force Transfer from SNARE Complexes to Membranes in Fusion”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  8. Proto-Italic*plektō
  9. Latinplectō
  10. Latincomplector
  11. Latincomplexu
  12. Frenchcomplexe
  13. Englishcomplex
  14. Englishcomplexin

From complex + -in.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

incomplex
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APA

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MLA

“complexin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complexin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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