Where does “angiotensiinikonvertaasi” come from?

angiotensiinikonvertaasi (Finnish) comes from Finnish angiotensiini — angiotensin any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels.

angiotensiinikonvertaasi (Finnish): angiotensin-converting enzyme

Definitions

  1. angiotensin-converting enzyme

Ancestry of “angiotensiinikonvertaasi”, step by step

angiotensiinikonvertaasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish angiotensiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishangiotensiiniangiotensin any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels

via Finnish konvertaasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonvertaasiconvertase
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