polypeptide

Meaning of polypeptide

noun
  1. a linear organic polymer consisting of a large number of amino-acid residues bonded together in a chain, forming part of (or the whole of) a protein molecule.
    a polypeptide chain

early 20th century: from poly- ‘many’ + peptone + -ide.

Information about polypeptide

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of polypeptide is: polypeptides.
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Hyphenation of polypeptide

polypep-tide

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
  • polypeptide is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with polypeptide

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