See Also: acerbate(1)(dictionary)
acerbate(2)(dictionary)
fibulin(medicine)
Fibulin 3(health)
Fibulin 5(health)

acerbate(2) (iou) and Fibulin 3 (health)


acerbate(2) (iou)



acerbate verb trans. M18.
[Latin acerbat- pa. ppl stem of acerbare, formed as ACERB: see -ATE3.]
Sour, embitter; exasperate.

Fibulin 3 (health)


A protein that belongs to a family of extracellular proteins expressed in the basement membranes of blood vessels. The gene that encodes fibulin 3 is FBLN3 (or EFEMP1). FBLN3 is located on chromosome 2 in band 2p16. A single mutation in FBLN3 is responsible for an autosomal dominant form of macular degeneration.