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proteinogenic

proteinogenic adjective: proteogenic (that serves to produce protein).

Adjective

proteinogenic (comparative more proteinogenic, superlative most proteinogenic)

  1. proteogenic (that serves to produce protein)

Forms of proteinogenic

comparativemore proteinogenic
superlativemost proteinogenic

Origin of proteinogenic

From protein + -o- + -genic.

Words formed from proteinogenic

Questions about proteinogenic

What does proteinogenic mean?
Proteinogenic means proteogenic (that serves to produce protein).
What part of speech is proteinogenic?
Proteinogenic is an adjective.

Words near proteinogenic in the dictionary

  1. proteinemia
  2. proteinic
  3. proteinless
  4. proteinlike
  5. proteinogenesis
  6. proteinogenic
  7. proteinogram
  8. proteinograms
  9. proteinoid
  10. proteinoids
  11. proteinolysis

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