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Definition of Agrin

1. adv. & a. In the act of grinning.

Definition of Agrin

1. Adjective. grinning; having happiness or satisfaction apparent on one's face ¹

2. Noun. (neuroscience) a protein involved in the formation of neuromuscular junctions during embryonic development ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agrin

1. in the state of grinning [adv]

Medical Definition of Agrin

1. Protein isolated from the synapse rich electric organ of Torpedo californica that induces the formation of synaptic specialisations on myotubes in culture. Present in muscle cells before innervation and concentrated at the neuromuscular junction once AChR clustering occurs. The release of agrin from motor axon terminals is thought to trigger the formation of the postsynaptic apparatus at developing and regenerating neuromuscular junctions. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

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Literary usage of Agrin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"vivacity mantling on his dark physiognomy ; and when the Rector's visage was illuminated, his hard features were revealed all agrin and ashine with glee. ..."

2. Recueil des travaux (1835)
"... du Gouvernement l'école Polytechnique de l'agrin culture. » Le Prince lui a répondu : « Je souhaite que celte espérance se réalise ..."

3. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome: With Notices of the So Called "Amazons by Richard Francis Burton (1864)
"... the fourth king, and called " agrin-go-men"—" In ... It is related that when he importuned for more land agrin, a petty chief of the place, ..."

4. An Analysis of the French Orthography; Or, The True Principles of the French by Sauseuil (Jean-Nicolas), Jean Nicolas Jouin de Sauseuill (1772)
"... ORTHOG R APHY. words Ch-agrin and Sh-agreen for the name of a certain fsa- filu-fkin ... tch-agrin had they any fuch orthography in their language . ..."

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