proteid

• a variation of protein.
  protein

  noun

  any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.

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They attributed the marked beneficial action to the formation of chloramines in situ by the action of hypochlorous acid upon amino acids and proteid bodies.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

The fats and starches are most readily converted into this fat, but under certain circumstances proteid material may be turned into fat, and then a true pathological condition develops resembling diabetes in certain ways.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Come closer and watch proteid forming protoplasm, protoplasm forming a cell, and the cell evolving into—well, what do you want, an animal, plant, or an insect?”

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various

In those who lead a sedentary life with the consumption of much proteid food the same thing seems to be true.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

The chromatophores contain a variable number of pyrenoids, colourless proteid bodies of a crystalloidal character.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

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