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chitin(dictionary)
chitin(encyclopedia)
chitin synthase(medicine)

unwist (iou) and Chitin (medicine)


unwist (iou)



unwist adjective & adverb. arch. LME.
[from UN-1 + wist pa. pple of WIT verb.]
A. adjective.
Unknown (to or by a person). Also foll. by of. LME-M19.
Unaware (of a thing); not knowing. LME-L16.
Not recognized; strange. M18.
B. adverb. Without (a specified fact) being known. LME-L16.

Chitin (medicine)


chitin
<cell biology> A cross linked polymer of N acetyl D glucosamine that is the major structural component of arthropod exoskeletons and fungal cell walls. Widely distributed in plants and fungi.