kinin

See also: kínín

English

kinin (plural kinins)

(biochemistry) Any of various structurally related polypeptides of the autacoid family, such as bradykinin and kallikrein, that act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle.

any of a group of related autacoids

Borrowed from French quinine, from Spanish quina (“cinchona bark”), from Quechua kina.

kinin n (genitive singular kinins, uncountable)

Declension of kinin (singular only)
n3s	singular
n3s	indefinite	definite
nominative	kinin	kininið
accusative	kinin	kininið
dative	kinini	kinininum
genitive	kinins	kininsins

From English quinine, ultimately from Quechua kina.

kìnīn m (Cyrillic spelling кѝнӣн)

Declension of kinin

kinín m inan (genitive kinína, uncountable)

Declension of kinín (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

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