OCTAPEPTIDE

Meaning of OCTAPEPTIDE in English

ˌäktəˌ noun

Etymology: octa- + peptide

: a protein fragment or molecule (as oxytocin or vasopressin) that consists of eight amino acids linked in a polypeptide chain

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

OCTAPEPTIDE — noun Date: 1931 a protein fragment or molecule (as oxytocin or vasopressin) that consists of eight amino acids linked in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OCTAPEPTIDE — noun Date: 1931 : a protein fragment or molecule (as oxytocin or vasopressin) that consists of eight amino acids linked …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OCTAPEPTIDE — [oc.ta.pep.tide] n (1961): a protein fragment or molecule (as oxytocin or vasopressin) that consists of eight amino acids linked in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OCTAPEPTIDE — n. Pronunciation: ˌ äk-t ə - ' pep- ˌ t ī d Function: noun Date: 1931 : a protein fragment …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OXYTOCIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from oxytocic Date: 1928 a pituitary octapeptide hormone C 43 H 66 N 12 O …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OXYTOCIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from oxytocic Date: 1928 : a pituitary octapeptide hormone C 43 H 66 N 12 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OXYTOCIN — [oxy.to.cin] n [ISV, fr. oxytocic] (1928): a pituitary octapeptide hormone that stimulates esp. the contraction of uterine muscle and the …
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RENIN — enzyme secreted by the kidney (and also, possibly, by the placenta) that breaks down protein and produces a rise in …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEPTIDE — any organic substance of which the molecules are structurally like those of proteins, but smaller. The class of peptides includes …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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