myostatin
English
Etymology
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?
Noun
myostatin (countable and uncountable, plural myostatins)
- (biochemistry) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
Translations
a protein
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