Usually means: Essential molecules for structure, function.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. protein: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. protein: Merriam-Webster
  3. protein: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. protein: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. protein: Collins English Dictionary
  6. protein: Vocabulary.com
  7. Protein, protein: Wordnik
  8. protein: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Protein: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. protein: Wiktionary
  11. protein: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. protein: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. protein: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. protein: Dictionary.com
  15. protein: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. protein: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Protein (band), Protein (biochemistry), Protein (disambiguation), Protein (nutrient), Protein (nutrition), Protein: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Protein: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. protein: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. protein: Rhymezone
  21. Protein (nt), protein: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. protein: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. protein: FreeDictionary.org
  24. protein: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. protein: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Protein: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Protein (biochemistry), protein: Encyclopedia

Medicine (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. protein: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Protein: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. Protein(s): Merck Manuals
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  12. protein: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
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  19. protein: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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  21. Protein (biochemistry), protein: Medical dictionary
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  25. Protein: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PROTEIN: Acronym Finder

Science (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Protein: Biology dictionary
  3. Protein: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
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  5. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  6. protein: Natural History Terms
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  8. protein: Evolution Glossary
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  10. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protein: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Protein: Body Building

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  2. JPL Terms (No longer online)
  3. Protein: Beauty & Health Glossary
  4. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.
noun:  (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.
noun:  (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.

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