Meaning

2 senses
  1. Protein produced as a byproduct of an industrial process such as fermentation; it is used as an animal feed, and it has potential to be used as a food ingredient in contexts where market demand for it exists.

  2. Protein produced by life, called by this name only when contrasted with synthetic protein produced in vitro.

Origin

From bio- + protein.

From bio- + protein.

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Forms

plural: bioproteins
Singularbioprotein
Pluralbioproteins

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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