Associations to the word «Polypeptide»

Wiktionary

POLYPEPTIDE, noun. (organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds.
POLYPEPTIDE, noun. (biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein.
POLYPEPTIDE, noun. (protein) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.

Dictionary definition

POLYPEPTIDE, noun. A peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats