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noun
A biologically inactive precursor to the endocrine hormone insulin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: preprohormone
History
By surface analysis, prepro- + insulin, or, by surface analysis, pre- + proinsulin.
