protein

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Meronyms 1.3.3 Coordinate terms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.2 References

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Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein from Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteios), “‘primary’”) from πρῶτος (prōtos), “‘first’”).^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈprəʊti.ɪn/, /ˈprəʊtiːn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈproʊtiːn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

protein (countable and uncountable; plural proteins)

1. (nutrition) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (ie: meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes
2. (biochemistry) A large, complex molecule composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which each chain is held together by peptide bonds.

[edit] Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:protein

[edit] Meronyms

• amino acid

[edit] Coordinate terms

• carbohydrate
• fat

[edit] Derived terms

• green fluorescent protein

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: einoprt
• interop
• pointer
• pterion
• repoint
• tropine

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[edit] Noun

protein m.

1. protein

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• bílkovina f.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Declination for protein	Singular		Uncountable
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	protein	proteinet
Possessive form	proteins	proteinets

protein n. (uncountable)

1. protein

[edit] Synonyms

• äggviteämne

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ New Oxford Dictionary of English