adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to proteins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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proteid
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adj
Meaning 2
Containing protein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
A protein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- 1914, Eugene Christian, Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Digital Edition, unnumbered page, The proteid substances in the body must be formed from proteids taken in the form of food, because only proteid foods contain the element nitrogen.
- 1996, Arnold Eiloart (translator and editor), M. Bircher-Benner, Food Science for All and a New Sunlight Theory of Nutrition, page 12, As he believed moreover that proteids provide not only the building-material of living substance, but also muscular power, he regarded it as a nourishing principle.
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noun
Meaning 4
A salamander of the family Proteidae, comprising the European olm (Proteus anguinus) and the mud puppy and waterdogs of North America (genus Necturus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
Etymology
From prote(in) + -id(e). Originally introduced because of a perceived ambiguity over the use of protein.
From scientific Latin Proteus (genus name) + -id.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: proteiini- — of or pertaining to proteins
- Finnish: proteiinipitoinen — containing protein
- Finnish: proteidi — obsolete term for "protein"