English

Noun

sonic hedgehog ‎(uncountable) (Abbreviated as: Shh or SHH)

1. (biochemistry) A morphogenic protein that controls cell division of adult stem cells and has been implicated in the development of some cancers.

Usage notes

• Sometimes capitalized as Sonic hedgehog.

Translations

See also

• hedgehog signalling pathway
• robotnikin

Finnish

Noun

sonic hedgehog

1. sonic hedgehog

Declension

This word is usually not inflected, as it would be difficult to fit into any Finnish declension category. If there's a need to inflect sonic hedgehog, it is combined with something inflectable such as proteiini ‎(“protein”) or molekyyli ‎(“molecule”), e.g. sonic hedgehog-molekyyli.