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nonprotein

nonprotein adjective: having a source other than protein.

Adjective

nonprotein (not comparable)

  1. Having a source other than protein.

Noun

nonprotein (plural nonproteins)

  1. That which is not a protein.

Forms of nonprotein

pluralnonproteins

Origin of nonprotein

From non- + protein.

Questions about nonprotein

What does nonprotein mean?
Nonprotein means having a source other than protein.
What part of speech is nonprotein?
Nonprotein can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonprotein in the dictionary

  1. nonprotectionist
  2. nonprotectionists
  3. nonprotective
  4. nonproteid
  5. nonproteids
  6. nonprotein
  7. nonproteinaceous
  8. nonproteinic
  9. nonproteinogenic
  10. nonproteinous
  11. nonproteins

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