Definitions for cathepsin

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cathepsin ca·thep·sin

Spelling: [kuh-thep-sin]

IPA: /kəˈθɛp sɪn/

Cathepsin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 823 anagrams from letters in cathepsin (acehinpst).

Definitions for cathepsin

noun

1. any of a class of intracellular proteolytic enzymes, occurring in animal tissue, especially the liver, spleen, kidneys, and intestine, that catalyze autolysis in certain pathological conditions and after death.

Origin of cathepsin

1925-30; Greek kathéps(ein) to digest (kat- cat- + hépsein to boil) + -in²