prosurfactant

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adjective

That promotes the formation of surfactants, especially in lung tissue

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Meanings

adjectiveprosurfactant (not comparable)

alternative pro-surfactant

  1. not comparableThat promotes the formation of surfactants, especially in lung tissue

    A rabbit antibody to prosurfactant proteins-C (proSP-C) and a rabbit antibody to OPN were purchased from Millipore (Temecula, CA) and Rockland (Limeruck, PA), respectively.

    2016 February 10, “Heat Shock Protein 27 Plays a Pivotal Role in Myofibroblast Differentiation and in the Development of Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pro- + surfactant.

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APA

prosurfactant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosurfactant

MLA

“prosurfactant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosurfactant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prosurfactant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosurfactant.

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