elastin
(noun) a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
elastin (countable and uncountable, plural elastins)
(protein) A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.
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Source: Wiktionary
E*las"tin, n. Etym: [Elastic + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
