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gliadin

UK/ˈɡlaɪədɪn/US/ˈɡlaɪədɪn/

gliadin noun: a minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.

Noun

gliadin (countable and uncountable, plural gliadins)

  1. A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.
    • Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    glutin

Synonyms of gliadin

Forms of gliadin

pluralgliadins

Origin of gliadin

From Italian gloiodina, coined by G. Taddei in 1819 along with zymome. Compare glio- and gloeo-.

Words formed from gliadin

Questions about gliadin

What does gliadin mean?
Gliadin means a minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.
What part of speech is gliadin?
Gliadin is a noun.
How do you pronounce gliadin?
Gliadin is pronounced /ˈɡlaɪədɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of gliadin?
The plural of gliadin is gliadins.

Words near gliadin in the dictionary

  1. gleyzation
  2. GLH
  3. glhf
  4. gli-
  5. glia
  6. gliadin
  7. gliadine
  8. gliadines
  9. gliadins
  10. gliadorphin
  11. glial

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