Synonyms
any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes: nucleoprotein, PSA, macromolecule, iodinated protein, supermolecule, opsin, recombinant protein, milk, plasma protein, enzyme, actomyosin, prostate specific antigen, capsid, cytokine, gluten, haptoglobin, eggs, conjugated protein, ferritin, phosphoprotein, aminoalkanoic acid, proteome, aleurone, growth factor, simple protein, fibrin, filaggrin, apoenzyme, polypeptide, meat, compound protein, amyloid, egg, iodoprotein, amino acid, legume, antibody
