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  • noun biochemistry A membrane-bound protein that prevents lysis by complement

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Examples

  • You're sick, an ', for all I know, delirious, so for the sake o' protectin 'you, the sick seaman in the fo'castle an' the owners,

    Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

  • Never was. im more of a skynard, gram parsons kinda guy. but now i hate her. and shouldnt this money go to the trops or protectin our woods and not helpin a wonded racoon find his way home

    On Carrie Underwood And The Humane Society 2009

  • I suppose we can also then dismiss the efforts of the NWTF, Ducks Unlimited, Ruffed Grouse Society, etc since that money should have gone to "to the trops or protectin our woods".

    On Carrie Underwood And The Humane Society 2009

  • I suppose we can also then dismiss the efforts of the NWTF, Ducks Unlimited, Ruffed Grouse Society, etc since that money should have gone to "to the trops or protectin our woods".

    On Carrie Underwood And The Humane Society 2009

  • Never was. im more of a skynard, gram parsons kinda guy. but now i hate her. and shouldnt this money go to the trops or protectin our woods and not helpin a wonded racoon find his way home

    On Carrie Underwood And The Humane Society 2009

  • November 30th, 2008 at 12: 17 pm this is how the thugs do business. all under the guise of protectin america. no one will take notice, imo.

    Get Rich Or Die Tryin | ATTACKERMAN 2008

  • "Mistah Pres-dint, I rahz today in support of this he-ah constitutional a'men (As the last word in a prayer) mint protectin 'the veruh sanctity of marriage thet this veruh day-uh is under attack by leff-wing lib'ruls an' they'uh homosex-ya'll allies frum San Fran-cisko '."

    BREAKING NEWS: Republicans can't buy a good news break 2009

  • “He was protectin hs co workers and his bussiness.”

    “He Didn’t Have To Shoot My Baby Like That” « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • That was genius because he is built up like some Rambo type character - a cowboy, lone ranger, self-made man, against the odds protectin' his woman, and suddenly, in such a flippant & off-hand fashion the writers make clear his irrelevance and his fragility within such a drug motivated climate as well as his expendability with regard to the story they are trying to tell.

    Which episode will GRRM write? 2009

  • MOVE supporter, I. Abdul Jon used to say, 'You only need to talk and write about freedom of speech, and freedom of religion and all other kinds of freedom if you ain't got it; 'cause if you got it, and ain't got no problem with nobody else havin' it -- and it's real, you ain't gotta write about, and talk about protectin 'it, and whatnot ....'

    The Constitution (And Other Illusions) 2009

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