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protagon

protagon noun: a supposed crystalline molecule that forms the brain. The idea was proposed by Matthias Eugen Oscar Liebreich and Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum later disproved it, showing that the brain contains various lipids.

Noun

protagon (countable and uncountable, plural protagons)

  1. A supposed crystalline molecule that forms the brain. The idea was proposed by Matthias Eugen Oscar Liebreich and Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum later disproved it, showing that the brain contains various lipids.

Forms of protagon

pluralprotagons

Origin of protagon

From proto- + Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “a contest”). See protagonist. So called because it was the first definitely ascertained principle of the brain.

Questions about protagon

What does protagon mean?
Protagon means a supposed crystalline molecule that forms the brain. The idea was proposed by Matthias Eugen Oscar Liebreich and Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum later disproved it, showing that the brain contains various lipids.
What part of speech is protagon?
Protagon is a noun.
What is the plural of protagon?
The plural of protagon is protagons.

Words near protagon in the dictionary

  1. ProTactile
  2. protactinate
  3. protactinates
  4. protactinium
  5. protag
  6. protagon
  7. protagonism
  8. protagonist
  9. protagonistic
  10. protagonistically
  11. protagonists

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