latherin
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lather + -in from the ability of the protein to produce a frothy lather of sweat on equines.
Noun
[edit]latherin (plural latherins)
- (biochemistry) a surfactant protein, found in the sweat of equines, which allows sweat to penetrate the waterproof coat and there evaporate and cool the animal