proteid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to proteins.
adj
noun
A salamander of the family Proteidae, comprising the European olm (Proteus anguinus) and the mud puppy and waterdogs of North America (genus Necturus).
Example Sentences
- "When strong nitric acid is added to an aqueous solution of any of the proteids, a white precipitate forms, which turns yellow on heating the liquid."
- "1914, Eugene Christian, Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Digital Edition, unnumbered page, The proteid substances in the body must be formed from proteids taken in the form of food, because only proteid foods contain the element nitrogen."
- "1996, Arnold Eiloart (translator and editor), M. Bircher-Benner, Food Science for All and a New Sunlight Theory of Nutrition, page 12, As he believed moreover that proteids provide not only the building-material of living substance, but also muscular power, he regarded it as a nourishing principle."
Etymology
From prote(in) + -id(e). Originally introduced because of a perceived ambiguity over the use of protein.