Organic Chemical
elastin
e·las·tin [ ih-las-tin ]
Definitions related to elastin:
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A flexible, stretchy protein found in skin and connective tissue.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Collagen-like, elastic protein found in yellow connective tissue.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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