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proteinic

proteinic adjective: proteinaceous.

Adjective

proteinic (comparative more proteinic, superlative most proteinic)

  1. proteinaceous
    • The aleurone-grains are embedded in a proteinic matrix […]1898, Science Progress: A quarterly review, page 221
    Synonyms:
    proteic

Synonyms of proteinic

Forms of proteinic

comparativemore proteinic
superlativemost proteinic

Origin of proteinic

From protein + -ic.

Words formed from proteinic

Questions about proteinic

What does proteinic mean?
Proteinic means proteinaceous.
What part of speech is proteinic?
Proteinic is an adjective.

Words near proteinic in the dictionary

  1. proteinase
  2. proteinases
  3. proteinate
  4. proteinates
  5. proteinemia
  6. proteinic
  7. proteinless
  8. proteinlike
  9. proteinogenesis
  10. proteinogenic
  11. proteinogram

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