adj
Meaning 1
Having been made smooth.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unsmoothened
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smoothened
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noun
Meaning 2
A transmembrane protein belonging to the group of G protein-coupled receptors that is a key component of the hedgehog signaling pathway.
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Usage: uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Smo
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of smoothen
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
made smooth by ironing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: smoothed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From smoothen + -ed.
Ultimately the same as etymology 1. The gene encoding the protein was first identified in Drosophila melanogaster as a segment polarity gene and initially named smooth (smo) by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard et al. in 1984. This was later revised to smoothened by Dan L. Lindsley and Georgianna G. Zimm in 1992, because the former name already described another locus.
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