protagon

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noun Same as lecithin.
noun A phosphureted, fatty, crystalline substance, which forms a chief constituent of nervous tissue. Its composition has been represented by the formula C₁₆₀H₃₀₈N₅PO₃₅.

noun (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies.

noun biochemistry A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies.

proto- + Ancient Greek a contest. See protagonist. So called because it was the first definitely ascertained principle of the brain.

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Mr. Michas is a columnist for protagon.gr and author of "The Black Book of the Greek Soviet Economy," forthcoming from Oxis.

Greece's Bailout Brinkmanship Takis Michas 2011
Mr. Michas is a columnist for protagon.gr and author of "The Black Book of the Greek Soviet Economy," forthcoming from Oxis.

Greece's Bailout Brinkmanship Takis Michas 2011
Mr. Michas is a columnist for protagon.gr and author of "The Black Book of the Greek Soviet Economy," forthcoming from Oxis.

Greece's Bailout Brinkmanship Takis Michas 2011
Mr. Michas is a columnist for protagon.gr and author of "The Black Book of the Greek Soviet Economy," forthcoming from Oxis.

Greece's Bailout Brinkmanship Takis Michas 2011
Mr. Michas is a columnist for protagon.gr and author of "The Black Book of the Greek Soviet Economy," forthcoming from Oxis.

Greece's Bailout Brinkmanship Takis Michas 2011
Across the frames, the robot and the unicorn'the impossibility of this relationship had been evident to all except the protagon - ists.

Here There Are Monsters 2010
Across the frames, the robot and the unicorn'the impossibility of this relationship had been evident to all except the protagon - ists.

Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989
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