polypeptide
Meaning of polypeptide
noun
- 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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