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Definition of peptide noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

peptide

noun

/ˈpeptaɪd/

/ˈpeptaɪd/

(chemistry)

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a chemical consisting of two or more amino acids joined together
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from German Peptid, back-formation from Polypeptid ‘polypeptide’.

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