actina

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akˈti.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: ac‧tì‧na

Noun

actina f (plural actine)

1. (biochemistry) actin

Anagrams

• Tacina, acanti, antica, canati, cantai, natica, tanica

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) and the chemical suffix -ina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /akˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/, /a.kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /akˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/, /a.kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /akˈt͡ʃi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈkti.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: ac‧ti‧na

Noun

actina f (plural actinas)

1. actin (a globular structural protein)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English actin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡˈtina/ [aɣ̞ˈt̪i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: ac‧ti‧na

Noun

actina f (plural actinas)

1. (biochemistry) actin (a globular structural protein)

   Coordinate term: miosina

Further reading

• “actina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “actina” in Diccionario de términos médicos, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2012.