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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The part used for food is the large root, which is stored with proteid and starchy matter.

From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by C. G. (Carl Gustaf) Helleberg

We have already suggested that the use of a large amount of proteid materials, especially in people who live a sedentary life, often predisposes to this condition.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

There is of course the possibility in this case that the toxin was a proteid, but was in so small amount that it escaped detection.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

I have found a means of capturing the mind-electron and of bringing it in contact with proteid elements.

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

Legū′mine, a nitrogenous proteid substance in the seeds of most leguminous plants, corresponding with the casein of milk.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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