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peptonate

peptonate noun: a salt or ester of peptonic acid.

Noun

peptonate (plural peptonates)

  1. A salt or ester of peptonic acid.

Forms of peptonate

pluralpeptonates

Questions about peptonate

What does peptonate mean?
Peptonate means a salt or ester of peptonic acid.
What part of speech is peptonate?
Peptonate is a noun.
What is the plural of peptonate?
The plural of peptonate is peptonates.

Words near peptonate in the dictionary

  1. peptolysis
  2. peptolytic
  3. peptomer
  4. peptomeric
  5. peptomers
  6. peptonate
  7. peptonates
  8. peptone
  9. peptones
  10. peptonic
  11. peptonisation

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