sauvagine

English

Noun

sauvagine (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A particular oligopeptide that functions as a neuropeptide
   • 2014 May 16, Katerina Spyridaki et al., “Structural-Functional Analysis of the Third Transmembrane Domain of the Corticotropin-releasing Factor Type 1 Receptor”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry‎^[1], volume 289, →DOI:

     CRF and related peptides, such as sauvagine, bind to the extracellular regions of CRF 1 R and activate the receptor.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sauvagine f (plural sauvagines)

1. waterfowl

Further reading

• “sauvagine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.