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noun
Any protein (especially ones produced by viruses) that cleave to produce a number of polypeptides, some of which act as hormones
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English protein English polyprotein From poly- + protein.
