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bioprotein

bioprotein noun: protein produced as a byproduct of an industrial process such as fermentation; it is used as an animal feed, and it has potential to be used as a food ingredient in contexts where market demand for it exists.

Noun

bioprotein (plural bioproteins)

  1. Protein produced as a byproduct of an industrial process such as fermentation; it is used as an animal feed, and it has potential to be used as a food ingredient in contexts where market demand for it exists.
  2. Protein produced by life, called by this name only when contrasted with synthetic protein produced in vitro.

Forms of bioprotein

pluralbioproteins

Origin of bioprotein

From bio- + protein.

Questions about bioprotein

What does bioprotein mean?
Bioprotein means protein produced as a byproduct of an industrial process such as fermentation; it is used as an animal feed, and it has potential to be used as a food ingredient in contexts where market demand for it exists.
What part of speech is bioprotein?
Bioprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of bioprotein?
The plural of bioprotein is bioproteins.

Words near bioprotein in the dictionary

  1. bioprosthetics
  2. bioprotectant
  3. bioprotectants
  4. bioprotection
  5. bioprotective
  6. bioprotein
  7. bioproteins
  8. bioprotonic
  9. bioprotonics
  10. bioprovince
  11. bioprovinces

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