sonic hedgehog

English

Etymology

Named after the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, in reference to the hedgehog signalling pathway, itself from sonic (Japanese ソニック (Sonikku)).

Noun

sonic hedgehog (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, sometimes capitalized) A morphogenic protein that controls cell division of adult stem cells and has been implicated in the development of some cancers.

   Synonyms: Shh, SHH

Translations

protein

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 音猬因子

• Finnish: sonic hedgehog
• German: Sonic hedgehog n
• Japanese: ソニック・ヘッジホッグ

See also

• hedgehog signalling pathway
• robotnikin

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sonic hedgehog

Noun

sonic hedgehog

1. sonic hedgehog

Declension

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.