sonic hedgehog
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, in reference to the hedgehog signalling pathway.
Noun edit
- (biochemistry, sometimes capitalized) A morphogenic protein that controls cell division of adult stem cells and has been implicated in the development of some cancers.
Translations edit
protein
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See also edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English sonic hedgehog
Noun edit
sonic hedgehog
Declension edit
This word is usually not inflected, as it would be difficult to fit into any Finnish declension category. If there's a need to inflect sonic hedgehog, it is combined with something inflectable such as proteiini (“protein”) or molekyyli (“molecule”), e.g. sonic hedgehog -molekyyli.