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melanoprotein

melanoprotein noun: any protein that contains melanin as a chromagen.

Noun

melanoprotein (plural melanoproteins)

  1. Any protein that contains melanin as a chromagen

Forms of melanoprotein

pluralmelanoproteins

Origin of melanoprotein

From melano- + protein.

Questions about melanoprotein

What does melanoprotein mean?
Melanoprotein means any protein that contains melanin as a chromagen.
What part of speech is melanoprotein?
Melanoprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of melanoprotein?
The plural of melanoprotein is melanoproteins.

Words near melanoprotein in the dictionary

  1. melanophoromas
  2. melanopic
  3. melanopline
  4. melanoplines
  5. melanopore
  6. melanoprotein
  7. melanoproteinase
  8. melanoproteinases
  9. melanoproteins
  10. melanopsid
  11. melanopsids

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