sestrin

See also: sestřin

English

Noun

sestrin (plural sestrins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that play key roles in regulating aging and metabolism

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sěstriːn/
  • Hyphenation: ses‧trin

Adjective

sèstrīn (Cyrillic spelling сѐстрӣн)

  1. (relational) sister; sister's

Declension

Further reading

  • sestrin” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From sestra + -in.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsestrin]

Adjective

sestrin

  1. belonging to a sister; sister's
  2. (relational) pertaining to a sister

Declension

Further reading

  • sestrin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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