proteid
- a variation of protein.
Example Sentences
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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 Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)
I am proud to tell you that the proteid molecule can be built up only when the third element of nature’s trinity is added—the mind-electron.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
If the supply of energy in the food is not sufficient, the body will use its own proteid and fat for this purpose.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
The name should be kept exclusively for cells in which during life substances, chemically distinct from normal proteid, are embedded in a granular form.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.
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
