Proteid is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PROTEID in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a nitrogenous organic compound, also PROTEIN, PROTEIDE
• A proteinaceous substance, a protein. Also: a protein combined with a sugar, phosphate, metal, or other atom or group.
• A salamander of the family Proteidae, which comprises the olm of Europe (Proteus anguinus) and the mud puppy and waterdogs of North America (genus Necturus).
• One of a class of amorphous nitrogenous principles, containing, as a rule, a small amount of sulphur; an albuminoid, as blood fibrin, casein of milk, etc. Proteids are present in nearly all animal fluids and make up the greater part of animal tissues and organs. They are also important constituents of vegetable tissues. See 2d Note under Food.
• protein
ADJECTIVE:
• Belonging to or characteristic of the family Proteidae.

Words related to PROTEID

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Words that contain PROTEID

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How to use PROTEID in a sentence

• Most foods are deficient in proteid, which is required to support life.
• These are very savoury, do not contain pea nuts, are very rich in proteid, and therefore exceedingly nourishing.
• Three days each week she had all meals carried up to her, and the girls wondered how she could distribute so much proteid about her system with so little exercise.
• For an average man four ounces of dry proteid matter daily will suffice to keep the body cells in normal condition.
• A comparatively small quantity of proteid matter, such as is easily obtained from vegetable food, is ample for the general needs of the body.
• Vegetable food differs much, but as a rule it contains a much smaller quantity of proteid matter, a large proportion of starch and sugar and a small quantity of fat.
• The outer part of the grain is the richest in mineral matter and proteid.
• Pulse is very rich in proteid, the dried kinds in general use, contain 24 or 25 per cent.
• What has been called a defect in most fruits, is the fact that the proteid is small in proportion to the other constituents.
• This has been too much dwelt upon, owing to the prevailing exaggerated idea of the quantity of proteid required.
• Although this may seem a small proportion of proteid, there are reasons for believing that it is sufficient.
• If it were suggested that life should be sustained on apples alone, this small quantity of proteid would be an insurmountable difficulty.
• Of the remainder or proteid nitrogen, it is said much is not assimilated, sometimes quite half, owing to the somewhat indigestible character of the fungi.
• When added to food poor in proteid they improve its nutritive quality.
• The proteid was derived exclusively from vegetable food.
• There is no reason to think the proteid insufficient, although some persons have said as much.
• Milk is too rich in proteid matter to form, with advantage, the sole food of a human being.
• The old doctrine enunciated by Justus von Liebig was that proteid matter is the principal source of muscular energy or strength.
• The adoption of this high proteid or nitrogen figure would lead to some ridiculous conclusions.
• The proteid is less than the tentative standard for a child of 1 to 2 years old, but the subject appeared perfectly well and was exceedingly active.
• There are on record certain experiments which appear to indicate the necessity of a large proportion of proteid, especially when the diet has been of vegetable origin.
• These have a value in increasing the proteid contents of foods which may be thought deficient.
• Upon the breaking down of the complex proteid and other nitrogenous matter, the nitrogen is left in comparatively simple combinations.
• This explains why excessive feeding, especially of proteid food, is so bad.

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