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fluoroprotein

fluoroprotein noun: a firefighting foam, containing fluorinated surfactants and protein, designed to cover the surface of hydrocarbon fuels.

Noun

fluoroprotein (countable and uncountable, plural fluoroproteins)

  1. A firefighting foam, containing fluorinated surfactants and protein, designed to cover the surface of hydrocarbon fuels.

Forms of fluoroprotein

pluralfluoroproteins

Origin of fluoroprotein

From fluoro- + protein.

Questions about fluoroprotein

What does fluoroprotein mean?
Fluoroprotein means a firefighting foam, containing fluorinated surfactants and protein, designed to cover the surface of hydrocarbon fuels.
What part of speech is fluoroprotein?
Fluoroprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of fluoroprotein?
The plural of fluoroprotein is fluoroproteins.

Words near fluoroprotein in the dictionary

  1. fluoroprobe
  2. fluoroprobes
  3. fluoroproline
  4. fluoroprolines
  5. fluoroprophylaxis
  6. fluoroprotein
  7. fluoroproteins
  8. fluoroptic
  9. fluoropyridine
  10. fluoropyridines
  11. fluoropyrimidine

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