Usually means: Protein binding silk fibers together.
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  1. sericin: Merriam-Webster
  2. sericin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. sericin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sericin: Wordnik
  5. sericin: Wiktionary
  6. sericin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. sericin: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. sericin: Dictionary.com
  9. Sericin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Sericin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. sericin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Sericin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. sericin: FreeDictionary.org
  14. sericin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Sericin: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sericin)

▸ noun:  A water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre

Similar:
fibroin, seroin, fibrohexamerin, fibrin, filaggrin, hemocytin, superfibronectin, microfibrillin, stiparin, filensin, more...

Opposite:
desericin, antisericin, nonsericin

Adjectives:
gummy, other, pure, melted, residual, gelatinous

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Similar:
fibroin, seroin, fibrohexamerin, fibrin, filaggrin, hemocytin, superfibronectin, microfibrillin, stiparin, filensin, more...

Opposite:
desericin, antisericin, nonsericin

Adjectives:
gummy, other, pure, melted, residual, gelatinous



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