Usually means: Precursor to insulin, inactive form.
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  1. proinsulin: Merriam-Webster
  2. proinsulin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. proinsulin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. proinsulin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. proinsulin: Wordnik
  6. proinsulin: Wiktionary
  7. proinsulin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. proinsulin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. proinsulin: Dictionary.com
  10. Proinsulin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. proinsulin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. proinsulin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. proinsulin: Medical dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (proinsulin)

▸ noun:  (biochemistry) A polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin

Similar:
preproinsulin, preproglucagon, preproenzyme, preprolactin, prepropeptide, preproprotein, insulinotropin, prohepcidin, prothymosin, preproalbumin, more...

Opposite:
antisulin, C-peptide

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Similar:
preproinsulin, preproglucagon, preproenzyme, preprolactin, prepropeptide, preproprotein, insulinotropin, prohepcidin, prothymosin, preproalbumin, more...

Opposite:
antisulin, C-peptide



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