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virent (iou) and tachykinin (medicine)


virent (iou)



virent adjective. L16.
[Latin virent-, pres. ppl stem of virere be green: see -ENT.]
Verdant; fresh. L16-M17.
Green in colour. arch. M19.

tachykinin (medicine)


tachykinin


Any member of a group of polypeptides, widely scattered in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues, that have in common four of the five terminal amino acids: Phe-Xaa-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2; pharmacologically, they all cause hypotension in mammals, contraction of gut and bladder smooth muscle, and secretion of saliva.

Origin: G. Tachys, swift, + kineo, to move, + -in