different between actinic vs actin

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????, ?????- (aktís, aktîn-, “ray”) +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

actinic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to actinism.
   1. Related to or caused by radiation (used most often in reference to light, especially that in the ultraviolet range). In medicine, actinic keratoses usually occur in sundamaged skin and exhibit hyperkeratosis.

2. Composed of actin.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• cantici

Romanian

Etymology

From French actinique

Adjective

actinic m or n (feminine singular actinic?, masculine plural actinici, feminine and neuter plural actinice)

1. actinic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (aktís, “ray”), based on the shape of the filament formed, and the English chemical suffix -in.

Noun

actin (countable and uncountable, plural actins)

1. (biochemistry, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).
   • 2012, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th ed., chapter 9 "Muscles and Muscle Tissue", page 281.

     Actin has kidney-shaped polypeptide subunits, called globular actin or G actin, which bear the active sites to which the myosin heads attach during contraction.

2. (biochemistry, countable) One of the six isoforms of actin.

Derived terms

• actinic
• actomyosin
• fibroactin
• isoactin

Translations

See also

• conductin
• myosin

Anagrams

• antic, cain't, can it