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muropeptide

muropeptide noun: any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall.

Noun

muropeptide (plural muropeptides)

  1. Any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall.

Forms of muropeptide

pluralmuropeptides

Origin of muropeptide

From Latin murus (“wall”) + peptide.

Words formed from muropeptide

Questions about muropeptide

What does muropeptide mean?
Muropeptide means any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall.
What part of speech is muropeptide?
Muropeptide is a noun.
What is the plural of muropeptide?
The plural of muropeptide is muropeptides.

Words near muropeptide in the dictionary

  1. muroliths
  2. muromonab
  3. muron
  4. muropeptidase
  5. muropeptidases
  6. muropeptide
  7. muropeptides
  8. muroplast
  9. muroplasts
  10. Muroran
  11. Muros

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