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LEPTIN

"LEPTIN" is a common misspelling or typo for: lepton.


Specialty Definition: LEPTIN

DomainDefinition

Biology & Biotechnology

Protein hormone that is produced by fat cells (adipose tissue) in the body. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A 16-kD peptide hormone secreted from white adipocytes and implicated in the regulation of food intake and energy balance. Leptin provides the key afferent signal from fat cells in the feedback system that controls body fat stores. (references)

Medicine

Hormone produced by fat cells and received by receptors in the hypothalamus. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Specialty Definition: Leptin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Leptin is a hormone secreted by full fat cells. The hypothalamus detects its presence and indicates that fat storage is plentiful. Leptin works by inhibiting the actions of neuropeptide Y, which is the most potent appetite stimulant yet discovered.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Leptin."

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Crosswords: LEPTIN

Specialty definitions using "LEPTIN": ob gene, ob mouse, obese gene, obese mouse, obese strain. (references)

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Commercial Usage: LEPTIN

DomainTitle

Books

  • Neuroendocrinology of Leptin (Frontiers of Hormone Research, Vol. 26) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Expression: LEPTIN

Expression using "LEPTIN": leptin protein. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LEPTIN

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

leptin

193

antibody leptin

14

leptin loss weight

4

leptin obesity

4

leptin purchase

4

leptin level

3

buy leptin

3

injection leptin

3

diet leptin pill

3

leptin sleep

3

leptin source

3

leptin receptor

3

effects leptin side

2

food leptin

2

leptin supplement

2

food in leptin

2

leptin phentermine

2

leptin level low

2
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Modern Translation: LEPTIN

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

French

  

leptine (leptin protein). (various references)

   

German

  

Leptin. (various references)

   

Italian

  

leptina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eptinlay

   

Spanish

  

leptina. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LEPTIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pintle.

Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-p-t"

-1 letter: elint, inept, inlet.

-2 letters: lent, lept, lien, line, lint, lipe, lite, nite, pein, pelt, pent, pile, pine, pint, plie, tile, tine.

-3 letters: lei, let, lie, lin, lip, lit, net, nil, nip, nit, pen, pet, pie, pin, pit, tel, ten, tie, til, tin, tip.

-4 letters: el, en, et, in, it, li, ne, pe, pi, ti.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-p-t"
 

+1 letter: ineptly, pantile, pelting, penlite, pintles, plenist, potline, topline.

 

+2 letters: antipole, interlap, leptonic, palatine, panelist, pantiled, pantiles, penality, penlight, penlites, pestling, petaline, pettling, pieplant, plainest, pleating, plenists, plenties, plotline, potlines, splinted, splinter, tapeline, terpinol, tholepin, tinplate, toplines, trapline, triplane, tumpline, unpolite.

 

+3 letters: analeptic, antipoles, antisleep, bluepoint, blueprint, depleting, depletion, diplotene, epilation, implanted, implanter, implement, inculpate, interlaps, interlope, interplay, interpled, lithopone, nephelite, nilpotent, painterly, palatines, paltering, panelists, patiently, pelleting, peltering, penalties, penlights, penultima, perinatal, pestilent, phonolite, pieplants, pinnately, plaintext, plaintive, planetoid, plantlike, platinize, plenitude, plentiful, plotlines, pointedly, pointelle, pointless, pollinate, potential, princelet, printable, printless, quintuple, reimplant, replating, repletion, reptilian, sapiently, simpleton, splenetic, splinters, splintery, tailplane, tapelines, terpineol, terpinols, tholepins, tinplates, traplines, triplanes, tumplines, unplaited.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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