syndecan
/ˈsɪndəkæn/noun
syndecan is a noun meaning “Any of a class of single transmembrane domain proteins thought to act as coreceptors, especially for G protein-coupled receptors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-Y-N-D-E-C-A-N, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of syndecan is syndecans.
What does syndecan mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a class of single transmembrane domain proteins thought to act as coreceptors, especially for G protein-coupled receptors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce syndecan?
- /ˈsɪndəkæn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of syndecan
- syndecans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is syndecan?
Syndecan appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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).