Associations to the word «Myosin»

Wiktionary

MYOSIN, noun. (biochemistry) A large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.
MYOSIN, noun. An albuminous body present in dead muscle formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis.

Dictionary definition

MYOSIN, noun. The commonest protein in muscle; a globulin that combines with actin to form actomyosin.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King