Synonyms & related words for cathepsin

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of cathepsin. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to cathepsin

Explore words related to cathepsin — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include proteinase, peptidase, protein, protease, endopeptidase, chromoprotein, phosphoprotein, nonprotein. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does cathepsin come from?

The word cathepsin breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: cat-, from Greek kata (“down”); heps, from Greek hepsein (“to boil, digest”); and -in, from Greek -ine (“chemical substance”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.