polypeptide
noun
poly·pep·tide
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Definition of polypeptide
: a molecular chain of amino acids
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Other Words from polypeptide
polypeptidic
\ ˌpä-lē-(ˌ)pep-ˈti-dik
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adjective
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adjective
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Try the award-winning Jelly Cleanser with the age-reversing polypeptide moisturizer and the Umbra Sheer SPF 30 to look your selfie-best while also protecting against harmful UV rays. — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, "Best skincare regiments for summer selfies," 8 May 2018 This implied an elementary kind of coding, a basis for the exchange of information between the RNA and the polypeptide. — Quanta Magazine, "The End of the RNA World Is Near, Biochemists Argue," 19 Dec. 2017 Try the award-winning Jelly Cleanser with the age-reversing polypeptide moisturizer and the Umbra Sheer SPF 30 to look your selfie-best while also protecting against harmful UV rays. — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, "Best skincare regiments for summer selfies," 8 May 2018 But in people who have this form of diabetes, cells of the pancreas amass clumps of a protein known as islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), which is very similar to the β amyloid that accumulates in Alzheimer’s disease. — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, "Could diabetes spread like mad cow disease?," 1 Aug. 2017 These include parvalbumin (PV), somatostatin (SOM), and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-expressing interneurons. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Scientists come up with neural mechanism—and possible fix—for chronic pain," 27 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'polypeptide.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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polypeptide
noun
poly·pep·tide
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Medical Definition of polypeptide
: a molecular chain of amino acids
Other Words from polypeptide
polypeptidic
\ -(ˌ)pep-ˈtid-ik
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adjective
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adjective