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caseins

caseins is the plural of casein.

Meaning of casein

Noun

casein (countable and uncountable, plural caseins)

  1. A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants.
    • Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig. This observation points to a possible danger in the use of casein solutions."1913 May 25, “COLLOIDAL COPPER'S VALUE IN CANCER CASES CONFIRMED; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2025
    Synonyms:
    legumine

Questions about caseins

What is caseins the plural of?
Caseins is the plural of casein.

Words near caseins in the dictionary

  1. caseine
  2. caseinogen
  3. caseinogens
  4. caseinolysis
  5. caseinolytic
  6. caseins
  7. casekeeper
  8. casekeepers
  9. caselaw
  10. caselaws
  11. caseless

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