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hyppos

hyppos noun: hydrophobic portions of proteins exposed on the surface of denatured molecule or molecular aggregates.

Noun

hyppos pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) hydrophobic portions of proteins exposed on the surface of denatured molecule or molecular aggregates.

Origin of hyppos

From "hydrophobic portion", introduced by Polly Matzinger.

Questions about hyppos

What does hyppos mean?
Hyppos means hydrophobic portions of proteins exposed on the surface of denatured molecule or molecular aggregates.
What part of speech is hyppos?
Hyppos is a noun.

Words near hyppos in the dictionary

  1. hyppish
  2. hyppogriff
  3. hyppogriffs
  4. Hyppolite
  5. Hyppolites
  6. hyppos
  7. hypromellose
  8. hyps
  9. hyps-
  10. hypsarrhythmia
  11. hypsarrhythmias

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