peptide

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English

Etymology

From German Peptid, from Ancient Greek πεπτός (peptós, digested).

Noun

peptide (plural peptides)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of 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.
    • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 1, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
      When it’s digested, its long amino-acid chains are first broken down into smaller fragments, or peptides. It turns out that many hormones and drugs are also peptides, and a number of casein peptides do affect the body in hormone-like ways.
  2. (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English peptide.

Pronunciation

Noun

peptide m (plural peptides)

  1. (biochemistry) peptide

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Pronunciation

Noun

peptide m (plural peptidi)

  1. (biochemistry) peptide

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