tetraspan.
Any of a family of membrane glycoproteins whose multimolecular complexes have four transmembrane domains
Meaning & usage
Any of a family of membrane glycoproteins whose multimolecular complexes have four transmembrane domains
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-der. Proto-Germanic *spannō Old English spann Middle English spanne English span English tetraspan From tetra- + span.
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