| DIPEPTIDES | • dipeptides n. Plural of dipeptide. • DIPEPTIDE n. a peptide formed by the combination of two amino acids. |
| FIBRINOPEPTIDES | • fibrinopeptides n. Plural of fibrinopeptide. • FIBRINOPEPTIDE n. any of the vertebrate polypeptides that are cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin during clot formation. |
| GLYCOPEPTIDES | • glycopeptides n. Plural of glycopeptide. • GLYCOPEPTIDE n. any of the compounds formed by the conjugation of a protein with a substance containing a carbohydrate group other than a nucleic acid. |
| MERCAPTIDES | • mercaptides n. Plural of mercaptide. • MERCAPTIDE n. a compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal. |
| MUCOPEPTIDES | • mucopeptides n. Plural of mucopeptide. • MUCOPEPTIDE n. another name for peptidoglycan. |
| NEUROPEPTIDES | • neuropeptides n. Plural of neuropeptide. • NEUROPEPTIDE n. a peptide that influences neural activity or functioning. |
| OCTAPEPTIDES | • octapeptides n. Plural of octapeptide. • OCTAPEPTIDE n. a protein fragment or molecule that consists of eight amino acids linked in a polypeptide chain. |
| OLIGOPEPTIDES | • oligopeptides n. Plural of oligopeptide. • OLIGOPEPTIDE n. a peptide comprising less than ten amino acids. |
| PENTAPEPTIDES | • pentapeptides n. Plural of pentapeptide. • PENTAPEPTIDE n. a polypeptide that contains five amino acid residues. |
| PEPTIDES | • peptides n. Plural of peptide. • PEPTIDE n. a combination of amino acids, also PEPTID. |
| POLYPEPTIDES | • polypeptides n. Plural of polypeptide. • POLYPEPTIDE n. a compound containing between 10 and 100 peptides. |
| RIPTIDES | • riptides n. Plural of riptide. • rip␣tides n. Plural of rip tide. • RIPTIDE n. a tide that opposes other tides. |