peptide
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1. amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | amide, |
| definition | : | any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | fibrinopeptide, |
| definition | : | peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | polypeptide, |
| definition | : | a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | endorphin, |
| definition | : | a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties (noun.substance) |
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