(biochemistry) A large docking protein that in humans is encoded by the AXIN1 gene, and that binds APC, GSK-3β, casein kinase Iα, and β-catenin.

(medicine) A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.

plural of axin

(mineralogy) A borosilicate of aluminum, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.

(rare) Divination by saws or axes.

present participle of axe

An assault carried out with an axe.

plural of axino

(physics) A hypothetical elementary particle, the fermionic superpartner of the axion and a possible candidate for the composition of dark matter.

plural of axinite