Associations to the word «Elastin»

Wiktionary

ELASTIN, noun. (protein) A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.

Dictionary definition

ELASTIN, noun. A fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne