kallikrein

kal·li·kre·in

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