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proteinous

proteinous adjective: proteinaceous.

Adjective

proteinous (comparative more proteinous, superlative most proteinous)

  1. proteinaceous

Forms of proteinous

comparativemore proteinous
superlativemost proteinous

Origin of proteinous

From protein + -ous.

Words formed from proteinous

Questions about proteinous

What does proteinous mean?
Proteinous means proteinaceous.
What part of speech is proteinous?
Proteinous is an adjective.

Words near proteinous in the dictionary

  1. proteinopathies
  2. proteinopathy
  3. proteinoplast
  4. proteinoplasts
  5. proteinosis
  6. proteinous
  7. proteins
  8. proteinurea
  9. proteinuria
  10. proteinurias
  11. proteinuric

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