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malfolding

malfolding noun: incorrect folding (of a protein).

Noun

malfolding (countable and uncountable, plural malfoldings)

  1. Incorrect folding (of a protein)

Forms of malfolding

pluralmalfoldings

Origin of malfolding

From mal- + folding.

Questions about malfolding

What does malfolding mean?
Malfolding means incorrect folding (of a protein).
What part of speech is malfolding?
Malfolding is a noun.
What is the plural of malfolding?
The plural of malfolding is malfoldings.

Words near malfolding in the dictionary

  1. malfeatures
  2. malfed
  3. malfixation
  4. malfixations
  5. malfolded
  6. malfolding
  7. malform
  8. malformation
  9. malformational
  10. malformations
  11. malformative

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