peptide

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεπτός (“digested”).

Noun

peptide (plural peptides)

1. (biochemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
2. (biochemistry) The peptide bond itself.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:peptide

Translations

class of organic compounds

Catalan: pèptid (ca) m. Czech: peptid (cs) m. Esperanto: peptido (eo) French: peptide (fr) m. German: Peptid (de) n. Ido: peptido (io)

Japanese: ペプチド (ja) (pepuchido) Polish: peptyd (pl) m. Spanish: péptido (es) m. Swedish: peptid (sv) c. Turkish: peptit (tr)

Derived terms

• dipeptide
• lipopeptide
• mucopeptide
• neuropeptide
• octapeptide
• pentapeptide
• peptide chain
• polypeptide
• tripeptide

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French

Etymology

From English peptide.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛp.tid/
• Homophone: peptides

Noun

peptide m. (plural peptides)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

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Italian

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Noun

peptide m. (plural peptidi)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

Derived terms

• peptidico