Definitions
Short chain of amino acids forming part of a protein structure.
Word origin
From peptone, partially hydrolyzed protein, or German Peptid, from German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).
Used in a sentence
“Please be patient with me, I get hundreds of emails a day in regards to anything fitness related including diet, recipes, eating schedules, work out routines, recommending what peptides to take for what and so on.”
“It truly doesn’t, funny how so many people in this sub keep buying certain peptides for the placebo.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Amino-acid chain”7 letters
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