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deprotected

deprotected is the simple past and past participle of deprotect.

Adjective

deprotected (comparative more deprotected, superlative most deprotected)

  1. From which protection has been removed
  2. From which a protecting group has been removed

Meaning of deprotect

Verb

deprotect (third-person singular simple present deprotects, present participle deprotecting, simple past and past participle deprotected)

  1. To remove protection from.
  2. To remove a protecting group from.

Forms of deprotected

comparativemore deprotected
superlativemost deprotected

Questions about deprotected

What does deprotected mean?
Deprotected means from which protection has been removed.
What is deprotected the simple past and past participle of?
Deprotected is the simple past and past participle of deprotect.
What part of speech is deprotected?
Deprotected is an adjective.

Words near deprotected in the dictionary

  1. deprostrate
  2. deprotamination
  3. deprotect
  4. deprotectant
  5. deprotectants
  6. deprotected
  7. deprotecting
  8. deprotection
  9. deprotections
  10. deprotects
  11. deproteinate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deprotected (page history and authors); deprotect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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