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heptapeptide

heptapeptide adjective: consisting of seven amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

Adjective

heptapeptide (not comparable)

  1. consisting of seven amino acids linked by peptide bonds

Noun

heptapeptide (plural heptapeptides)

  1. a heptapeptide compound

Forms of heptapeptide

pluralheptapeptides

Origin of heptapeptide

From hepta- + peptide.

Words formed from heptapeptide

Questions about heptapeptide

What does heptapeptide mean?
Heptapeptide means consisting of seven amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
What part of speech is heptapeptide?
Heptapeptide can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heptapeptide in the dictionary

  1. heptaoxides
  2. heptaoxo
  3. heptaoxodisilicate
  4. heptaparallelohedra
  5. heptaparallelohedron
  6. heptapeptide
  7. heptapeptides
  8. heptapeptidic
  9. heptapetalous
  10. heptaphane
  11. heptaphanes

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