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protein |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protein \Pro"te*in\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) In chemical analysis, the total nitrogenous material in vegetable or animal substances, obtained by multiplying the total nitrogen found by a factor, usually 6.25, assuming most proteids to contain approximately 16 per cent of nitrogen. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protein \Pro"te*in\, n. [Gr. prw^tos first: cf prwtei^on the first place.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: protein n : any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of long strings of amino acids
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