English dictionary: words starting with prot - page 3

noun

Another term for endopeptidase.

Usage examples:

The genetic study of pancreatic proteinase in mice

noun

Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds which have large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, etc., and as enzymes and antibodies.

Usage examples:

A protein found in wheat

noun

The presence of abnormal quantities of protein in the urine, which may indicate damage to the kidneys.

Usage examples:

Diabetic patients with proteinuria or abnormal creatinine clearance have a greater risk of developi…

noun

A person with proteinuria (rare).

adjective

Of, relating to, or affected by proteinuria.

verb

To cause to project; to put forth, stretch forth; to thrust forward. also figurative.

verb

To cause to project; to put forth, stretch forth; to thrust forward. also figurative.

verb

To cause to project; to put forth, stretch forth; to thrust forward. also figurative.

verb

To cause to project; to put forth, stretch forth; to thrust forward. also figurative.

noun

In phenomenology: extension of the consciousness of some present act or event into the future; an instance of this.

noun

The quality of taking up time; the fact of having duration.

adjective

Extending in time; having duration; continuing, lasting, enduring.

adjective

Proteolytic.

noun

A complex that contains protein and lipid moieties and occurs especially in cell membranes, distinguished from lipoproteins by being soluble in some organic solvents but not in water.

noun

The breakdown of proteins or peptides into amino acids by the action of enzymes.

Usage examples:

As a cheese ages, fats and proteins break down through proteolysis, into simplified units via bacte…

noun

A polypeptide produced by partial proteolysis.

noun

A polypeptide produced by partial proteolysis.

adjective

= "protandrous".

noun

Protandry.

adjective

Of a plant: having flowers appearing before the leaves. of leaves: appearing before the flowers.

noun

An altered basaltic or dioritic rock containing primary brown hornblende and purple-brown augite.

adjective

= proteroglyphous .

noun

A proteroglyphous snake.

adjective

Designating or characteristic of a venomous snake having fixed fangs in the front of the jaw with grooves or channels to conduct the venom, characteristic of snakes of the family elapidae.

adjective

= "protogynous".

noun

Protogyny.

adjective

Relating to or denoting the aeon that constitutes the later part of the precambrian, between the archaean aeon and the cambrian period, in which the earliest forms of life evolved.

Usage examples:

Proterozoic rocks occur in all the great precambrian cratons of the world

noun

The aeon that constitutes the later part of the precambrian, between the archaean aeon and the cambrian period, or the system of rocks deposited during it.

Usage examples:

We know very little of the geography of the proterozoic