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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to, characterized by, or promoting proteolysis.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to proteolysis, or the digestion of proteids.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biochemistry Of, relating to, or promoting proteolysis.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to proteolysis

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