sonic hedgehog

Named after the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, in reference to the hedgehog signalling pathway, itself from sonic (Japanese ソニック (Sonikku)).

sonic hedgehog (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: Shh, SHH

• hedgehog signalling pathway
• robotnikin

Unadapted borrowing from English sonic hedgehog

sonic hedgehog

1. sonic hedgehog

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.