peptide
noun/ˈpeptaɪd/
/ˈpeptaɪd/
(chemistry)- a chemical consisting of two or more amino acids joined togetherWord Originearly 20th cent.: from German Peptid, back-formation from Polypeptid ‘polypeptide’.
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