Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrolytic decomposition-product of albuminous origin which contains one or more amino acids in combination (as dipeptids, tripeptids, tetrapeptids, polypeptids, etc.). The peptids stand on a lower scale of complexity of composition than the albumoses. See also
tryptic digestion .
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Rosalyn Yalow for "the development of radioimmunoassays of peptid hormones".
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Chemists at the University of Arizona have developed modified versions of naturally occurring peptid ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Chemists at the University of Arizona have developed modified versions of naturally occurring peptid ...
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At first they thought she had an upset stomach and gave her fluid a peptid ac shot and sent her home.
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At first they thought she had an upset stomach and gave her fluid a peptid ac shot and sent her home.
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