Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling, containing, or consisting of protein. Also
proteinous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol. Chem.) Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or consisting of
protein
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or of the nature of protein
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Examples
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The concept of the bioregenerative farm has been introduced to describe a model farm in developing countries (that can easily be applied in developed countries as well) where domestic and farm wastes are recycled and recovered to a maximum level through a chain of biological processes and farming practices, thus reducing input of cash-intensive items such as proteinaceous animal feed, irrigation water, fertilizers, and fuel, while increasing cash-intensive outputs such as animal products, fish, and cash crops (1).
Chapter 17 1979
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The mucus is interesting stuff too; it is a glycoprotein which is mostly glyco and not very proteinaceous, and which is secreted at about 99% water.
How a snail moves - Part 1 AYDIN 2009
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This result explained why the purification, which had been designed to isolate a proteinaceous complex, was so difficult.
The RNA World 2010
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They have different kinds of cells—digestive cells, cells that secrete the spicules segments of the body skeleton of spongy proteinaceous material, and so on—which can communicate with one another and divide up the labor of life to work together as a single individual.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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What causes progressive neurological diseases like "mad-cow" disease or vCJD? vCJD is caused by an unusual protein called a prion (proteinaceous infectious particle).
Mad-cow Disease 2010
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However, if you must exude the strange flouncy, proteinaceous stuff from your head, you should try to be David Bowie and go for flair.
Archive 2010-03-01 Neth 2010
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It shows that the evolutionary teaching that the simple cell is just a simple blob of proteinaceous matter is absolute nonsense based on ignorance, partly because we are only now able to study the inside workings of the cell.
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However, if you must exude the strange flouncy, proteinaceous stuff from your head, you should try to be David Bowie and go for flair.
Blake Charlton Answers Questions Five Neth 2010
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Milk as it comes from the cow is a warm, sugary, proteinaceous substance, a lively medium for bacterial growth.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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The infectious agent is commonly called a prion, the pr-i standing for proteinaceous infectious, though my mother, in fact, always disputed the term because her work showed that the agent was not destroyed by radiation that would inactivate both DNA and protein. reply
Tikvah Alper. 2009
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