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keratein

keratein noun: the easily digested reduction product of keratin, in which the disulfide links are reduced to SH groups, the individual peptide chains having been separated.

Noun

keratein (plural kerateins)

  1. The easily digested reduction product of keratin, in which the disulfide links are reduced to SH groups, the individual peptide chains having been separated.

Forms of keratein

pluralkerateins

Origin of keratein

From kerat- + -ein.

Questions about keratein

What does keratein mean?
Keratein means the easily digested reduction product of keratin, in which the disulfide links are reduced to SH groups, the individual peptide chains having been separated.
What part of speech is keratein?
Keratein is a noun.
What is the plural of keratein?
The plural of keratein is kerateins.

Words near keratein in the dictionary

  1. keratectasia
  2. keratectasias
  3. keratectatic
  4. keratectomies
  5. keratectomy
  6. keratein
  7. kerateins
  8. keraterpetontid
  9. keraterpetontids
  10. kerathoacanthoma
  11. keratiasis

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