tropomyosin
English
/ˌtɹəʊ.pəʊˈmʌɪ.əs.ɪn/, /ˌtɹɑp.əˈmaɪ.əs.ɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together with troponin in the thin filaments of muscle tissue.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek τρόπος (turn, way, manner, a turn, style, direction, a mode in music, a trope figure of speech, a mode mood in logic, a manner, figure of speech, change, musical mode, response) + English myosin.
Origin
English
myosin
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitropomyosin English
- cardiomyosin English
- chronotropic English
- dromotropic English
- inotropic English
- isomyosin English
- meromyosin English
- myosin English
- myosinic English
- myosinogen English
- paramyosin English
- tropo- English
- tropus Latin
- Troposphäre German
- hepatotropo Spanish, Castilian
- δολιότροπος Ancient Greek
- πολύτροπος Ancient Greek
- σφαῖρα Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- τρόπος Ancient Greek
- ὁμοιότροπος Ancient Greek
- trope Norwegian Bokmål
- tropene Norwegian Bokmål
- troposfære Norwegian Bokmål
- trope Norwegian Nynorsk
- troposfære Norwegian Nynorsk
- tropo- Catalan, Valencian
- τρόπος Greek (modern)