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Axin vs Axil - What's the difference?

axin | axil |

As a noun axin

is (medicine) a fatty and varnish-like substance produced in mexico by an insect, coccus axinus , used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.

As an adjective axil is

agile, nimble.

axin

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (biochemistry) A large docking protein that in humans is encoded by the AXIN1 gene, and that binds APC, GSK-3?, casein kinase I?, and ?-catenin.

    • axil

    English

    (wikipedia axil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

    • Synonyms

    * axilla

    Related terms

    * axillar * axillary

    See also

    * axile

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