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Semaphorin vs Semaphoric - What's the difference?

semaphorin | semaphoric |

As a noun semaphorin

is (biochemistry) any of a class of proteins that assist growing axons to find an appropriate target and to form synapses.

As an adjective semaphoric is

using semaphore.

semaphorin

English

Noun

(wikipedia semaphorin) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that assist growing axons to find an appropriate target and to form synapses

    • semaphoric

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • using semaphore
  • involving waving the arms, as if using semaphore
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=Horace Annesley Vachell, title=Bunch Grass, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He was standing as he spoke, emphasising his periods with semaphoric motions of his right arm. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2002, date=November 8, author=Jonathan Rosenbaum, title=Master Thief, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=This is a cerebral take on the way hundreds of other movies have defined hysteria rather than any form of observation, a semaphoric set of signals designed to represent hysteria rather than embody it. }}

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