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nonproteinaceous

nonproteinaceous adjective: not proteinaceous.

Adjective

nonproteinaceous (not comparable)

  1. Not proteinaceous.
    • By taking a price of $5.00 per ton for cane molasses, the most economical local nonproteinaceous feed, the value of each pound of nonprotein nutrients is determined to be $0.0042.1943, Louis Albert Henke, Roughages for Dairy Cattle in Hawaii, page 25
    • In the meantime, it remains unclear whether a nonproteinaceous constituent in wheat also acts as an allergen. Unlike proteinaceous allergens, some nonproteinaceous substances would be more stable in the body, possibly acting as a remaining allergen to cause a longer-lasting allergic reaction.2005, Yoshinori Mine, Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease, page 418

Origin of nonproteinaceous

From non- + proteinaceous.

Questions about nonproteinaceous

What does nonproteinaceous mean?
Nonproteinaceous means not proteinaceous.
What part of speech is nonproteinaceous?
Nonproteinaceous is an adjective.

Words near nonproteinaceous in the dictionary

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

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