Usually means: Protein, neutralizes heparin, stabilizes insulin.
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  1. protamine: Merriam-Webster
  2. protamine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. protamine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. protamine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. protamine: Vocabulary.com
  6. protamine: Wordnik
  7. protamine: Wiktionary
  8. protamine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. protamine: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. protamine: Dictionary.com
  11. Protamine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. protamine: Rhymezone
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  14. protamine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. protamine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. protamine: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. protamine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. protamine: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (protamine)

noun:  (biochemistry) Any of various strongly basic proteins of relatively low molecular weight that are rich in arginine and are found associated especially with DNA in place of histone in the sperm cells of various animals (such as fish).

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