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▪ I. proteid1 Chem. (ˈprəʊtiːɪd) Also proteide. [f. protein: see -id4.] A term applied in England from 1871 to the class of organic compounds previously known as ‘protein bodies’ or ‘substances’ (Ger. proteïn-stoffe), and now by preference called ‘proteins’: see protein, and Note there.1871 Watts tr...
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Proteidae
Other distinguishing features of proteid salamanders, as compared with other salamanders, are the absence of eyelids and a lack of maxillary bones in the Proteid salamanders range in size from to in length.
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proteose
proteose Phys. Chem. (ˈprəʊtiːəʊs) [f. protein + -ose2.] One of a class of products of protein-hydrolysis: see quots. and protein.1890 Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Proteoses, primary cleavage-products formed in the digestion of proteids with gastric or pancreatic juices or their equivalents, or by the ...
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Orthophyia
Orthophyia longa is a prehistoric proteid salamander from the Miocene of Germany. The only known specimen is now lost.
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abrin
abrin Chem. (ˈeɪbrɪn) [f. mod.L. Abrus (see def.) + -in1.] A highly poisonous proteid contained in the jequirity bean (Abrus precatorius).1884 Klein Micro-org. & Disease 165 Messrs. Warden and Waddell published in Calcutta during the present year..a large number of observations on the jequirity pois...
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metaxin
metaxin (mɛˈtæksɪn) [f. Gr. µεταξύ between + -in.] A proteid forming the material of the fibrils of plastids.1890 in Century Dict. 1900 in Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms.
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alexin
alexin Biochem. (əˈlɛksɪn) Also alexine. [a. G. alexin (H. Buchner 1891, in Münchener Med. Wochenschr. XXXVIII. 437/1, in form alexine), f. Gr. ἀλέξειν to ward off + -in1.] A name for a class of substances found in blood-serum, having the capacity of destroying bacteria, etc., and thus guarding agai...
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tryptic
tryptic, a. (ˈtrɪptɪk) [f. trypsin, after pepsin, peptic.] Pertaining to or of the nature of trypsin. So tryptogen (ˈtrɪptəʊdʒɛn), -gene (-dʒiːn) [-gen 1], a producer of trypsin; tryptone (ˈtrɪptəʊn) [after peptone], a peptone formed by the action of trypsin upon a protein.1888 Rolleston & Jackson A...
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thrombin
thrombin Physiol. Chem. (ˈθrɒmbɪn) [mod. f. as prec. + -in.] The substance which by interaction with fibrinogen gives rise to fibrin, and is hence the immediate cause of the clotting of shed blood; fibrin-ferment.1898 E. A. Schäfer's Text-bk. Physiol. I. 160 Fibrin-ferment (thrombin) or its precurso...
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helico-
helico- (ˈhɛlɪkəʊ) comb. form of Gr ἕλιζ helix, in names of chemical substances occurring in snails.1914 J. A. Mandel tr. Hammarsten & Hedin's Physiol. Chem. (ed. 7) 174 Another phosphoglycoprotein is helico⁓proteid, obtained by Hammarsten from the glands of the snail Helix pomatia. 1917 Jrnl. Chem....
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gelatiniferous
gelatiniferous, a. (dʒɪˌlætɪˈnɪfərəs) [f. gelatin + -iferous.] Yielding gelatin.1878 Foster Phys. ii. i. 189 The proteid and gelatiniferous envelopes of the fat cells are dissolved. Ibid. (1879) 236 The gelatiniferous elements of the tissues.
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axolotl
axolotl Zool. (ˈæksəlɒt(ə)l) [the Aztec name.] A batrachian reptile (Siredon pisciforme, family Proteidæ) found in Mexican lakes, resembling the salamander in appearance, but, like all the Proteidæ, retaining throughout life the gills of its young state.1786 Rees Encycl., Axolotl..a singular fish fo...
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biogen
biogen Biol. (ˈbaɪədʒɛn) Also -gene. [See bio- and -gen.] 1. (See quot.)1882 E. Coues Biogen (1884) 62 The substance of the soul, to which I apply the name ‘biogen,’ seems to correspond closely to what Prof. Crookes calls the ‘fourth state of matter’;..It is the ‘od’ of Prof. Reichenbach. 2. [G. bio...
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osseid
osseid Chem. rare. (ˈɒsiːɪd) [f. L. osse-us bony, after proteid.] A name including ossein and the related albuminoids.1884 Health Exhib. Catal. 4 The nitrogenous principles are subdivided into albumen, fibrine and caseine by some physiologists: connected with these, but having a lower value, are the...
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excelsin
excelsin Biochem. (ɛkˈsɛlsɪn) [f. L. excels-a (fem. of excelsus high), specific epithet of Bertholletia excelsa, Latin name of the Brazil nut + -in1.] A crystalline globulin contained in the Brazil nut.1896 Osborne & Campbell in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. XVIII. 621 The globulin of the Brazil-nut... Thi...
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