(|)prōd.+ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary prot- + amine; originally formed in German
: any of a class of simple proteins (as clupeine or salmine) that are strongly basic, not coagulable by heat, and soluble in water and dilute ammonia, that yield large amounts of basic amino acids on hydrolysis, and that occur combined with nucleic acid in the sperm of fish ; especially : salmine — compare histone