Meanings
nounhaemaphysalin (uncountable)
- uncountableA kallikrein-kinin inhibitor isolated from a tick of the genus Haemaphysalis
In Haemaphysalis longicornis, a unique Kunitz-domain-containing inhibitor, haemaphysalin, is responsible for interrupting the kallikrein–kinin system.
2016 February 13, “Temporal Gene Expression Analysis and RNA Silencing of Single and Multiple Members of Gene Family in the Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From genus name Haemaphyalis + -in.
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