kallikrein
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noun \ˌka-lə-ˈkrē-ən, kə-ˈli-krē-ən\Definition of KALLIKREIN
: a hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation
Origin of KALLIKREIN
German, from Greek kallikreas sweetbread, pancreas, from kalli- beautiful (from kallos beauty) + kreas flesh — more at raw
First Known Use: 1930
Rhymes with KALLIKREIN
Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Aramaean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, cyclopean, Damoclean, empyrean, European, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nemertean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean
kal·li·kre·in
noun \ˌkal-ə-ˈkrē-ən, kə-ˈlik-rē-ən\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of KALLIKREIN
: a hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation
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