myostatin

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/ˈmaɪəʊˌstætɪn/

noun

A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.

OriginLatin statos ← Ancient Greek στάσις →
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Meanings

nounmyostatin (countable and uncountable, plural myostatins)

plural myostatins

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekστάσις“inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”
  2. Latinstatos
  3. Englishmyostatin

Perhaps from myo- (“muscle”) + Latin statos, status, sto (“remain, stand, fix, set"”) or Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”). myo- + -statin?

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Translations

French myostatine
  • myostatinea protein
German Myostatin
  • Myostatina protein
Spanish miostatina
  • miostatinaa protein
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APA

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Chicago

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