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LIGHT CHAIN

Specialty Definition: LIGHT CHAIN

DomainDefinition

Medicine

The antibody protein molecule was found to be a quaternary structure consisting of two pairs of identical polypeptide chains, or of a pair of light chains about 200 amino acids in length and a pair of heavy chains about 500 amino acids in length. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: LIGHT CHAIN

English words defined with "LIGHT CHAIN": lead, leashtether. (references)
Specialty definitions using "LIGHT CHAIN": CalcineurinImmunoglobulin Inv Allotypes, Immunoglobulin Joining Region, Immunoglobulins, Fab, Immunoglobulins, J-ChainMyosin-Light-Chain Kinase. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LIGHT CHAIN

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

light chain

4

lambda light chain

2

kappa light chain

2

myosin light chain

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

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Modern Translation: LIGHT CHAIN

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

Danish

  

L-kæde, let kæde, kort kæde. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

lichte keten. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

L-ketju, kevytketju. (various references)

   

French

  

chaîne légère (immunoglobulin light chain). (various references)

   

German

  

leichte Kette. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελαφριά αλυσίδα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

catena leggera. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ightlay ainchay

   

Portuguese

  

cadeia leve. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cadena ligera. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

L-kedja, lätt kedja. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: LIGHT CHAIN

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

catelli. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: LIGHT CHAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-g-h-h-i-i-l-n-t"

-1 letter: hatchling.

-2 letters: chitling, hatching, hightail, hitching, latching, lichting.

-3 letters: catling, chitlin, gnathic, hailing, halting, hilting, intagli, itching, lathing, nilghai, tailing, talcing.

-4 letters: aching, acting, ailing, alight, canthi, catlin, chital, chitin, citing, glitch, haling, hating, italic, lacing, litchi, lithia, lithic, nilgai, tahini, tiling, tincal.

-5 letters: acing, acini, actin, aitch, algin, align, antic, chain, chang, chant, chili.

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

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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