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CALPAIN

"CALPAIN" is a common misspelling or typo for: campaign, captain, chaplain.


Specialty Definition: CALPAIN

DomainDefinition

Health

Cysteine proteinase found in many tissues. Hydrolyzes a variety of endogenous proteins including neuropeptides, cytoskeletal proteins, proteins from smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, liver, platelets and erythrocytes. Two subclasses having high and low calcium sensitivity are known. Removes Z-discs and M-lines from myofibrils. Activates phosphorylase kinase and cyclic nucleotide-independent protein kinase. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CALPAIN

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Calpain, a calcium-activated protein-degrading enzyme, probably participates in this process. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CALPAIN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

10 calpain

2

apoptosis calpain platelet

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CALPAIN

Language Translations for "CALPAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

calpaïne. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alpaincay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CALPAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-p"

-1 letter: apical, caplin.

-2 letters: apian, canal, lanai, lapin, liana, linac, panic, pical, plain, plica.

-3 letters: alan, anal, anil, cain, clan, clap, clip, laic, lain, lipa, nail, nipa, paca, pail, pain, pial, pian, pica, pina, plan.

-4 letters: aal, ail, ain, ala, alp, ana, ani, can, cap, lac, lap, lin, lip, nap, nil, nip, pac, pal, pan.

-5 letters: aa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-p"
 

+1 letter: chaplain.

 

+2 letters: analeptic, aplanatic, appliance, applicant, campanile, campanili, chaplains, incapable, incapably, placating, placation.

 

+3 letters: anaglyphic, analeptics, anaplastic, appliances, applicants, campaniles, chaplaincy, noncapital, nyctalopia, paniculate, placarding, placations, plainchant, playacting.

 

+4 letters: anthropical, application, callipygian, calypsonian, carpogonial, catapulting, complainant, complaisant, coplanarity, diencephala, inescapable, inescapably, landscaping, landscapist, noncapitals, nyctalopias, panegyrical, pantropical, pericranial, placatingly, plainchants, playactings, postcranial, puritanical, rapscallion, unpractical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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