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proteotoxic

proteotoxic adjective: pertaining to, or causing, proteotoxicity.

Adjective

proteotoxic (comparative more proteotoxic, superlative most proteotoxic)

  1. Pertaining to, or causing, proteotoxicity.

Forms of proteotoxic

comparativemore proteotoxic
superlativemost proteotoxic

Origin of proteotoxic

From proteo- + toxic.

Questions about proteotoxic

What does proteotoxic mean?
Proteotoxic means pertaining to, or causing, proteotoxicity.
What part of speech is proteotoxic?
Proteotoxic is an adjective.

Words near proteotoxic in the dictionary

  1. proteostatic
  2. proteostatically
  3. proteostome
  4. proteosynthesis
  5. proteosynthetic
  6. proteotoxic
  7. proteotoxicities
  8. proteotoxicity
  9. proteotoxin
  10. proteotoxins
  11. proteotypic

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