endothelin
/ˌɛn.doʊˈθiː.lɪn/noun
endothelin is a noun meaning “Any of several polypeptides consisting of 21 amino acid residues that are produced in various cells and tissues, that play a role in regulating…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-N-D-O-T-H-E-L-I-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does endothelin mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several polypeptides consisting of 21 amino acid residues that are produced in various cells and tissues, that play a role in regulating vasomotor activity, cell proliferation, and the production of hormones, and that have been implicated in the development of vascular disease.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce endothelin?
- US /ˌɛn.doʊˈθiː.lɪn/
Endothelin has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is endothelin?
Endothelin appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Endothelin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a kind of polypeptide:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | endotelina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does endothelin come from?
From endothelium + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).