proteid


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pro·te·id

 (prō′tē-ĭd)
n.
A protein. No longer in scientific use.
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proteid

(ˈprəʊtɪɪd)
n
(Biochemistry) a protein
adj
(Biochemistry) relating to proteins
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References in classic literature ?
"It's all proteids and body-buildings, and people come up to you and beg your pardon, but you have such a beautiful aura."
He studied the composition of food-stuffs, and knew exactly how many proteids and carbohydrates his body needed; and by scientific chewing he said that he tripled the value of all he ate, so that it cost him eleven cents a day.
Yolk granules and multivesicular bodies were involved in the formation of proteid yolk granules in the late vitellogenic oocyte.
For example, the amalgamation of dc 3 and 4 (dc3 + 4, table 1) is standard in the proteid Necturus and commonly observed in the natural patterns of intraspecific variation of Triturus (Rienesl and Wagner 1992).
On the proteid reaction of Adamkiewicz, with contributions to the chemistry of glyoxylic acid.
The determination of parallel or monophyletic relationships: The proteid salamanders - A test case.
For example, the collecting duct form found in male proteids and sirenids is the form also found in larvae of all other salamander families (Rodgers and Risley, 1938).