peptide

From Ancient Greek πεπτός (peptós, “digested”).

peptide (plural peptides)

1. (organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
   • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 1, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

     When it’s digested, its long amino-acid chains are first broken down into smaller fragments, or peptides. It turns out that many hormones and drugs are also peptides, and a number of casein peptides do affect the body in hormone-like ways.

2. (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.

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From English peptide.

• IPA^(key): /pɛp.tid/
• Homophone: peptides

peptide m (plural peptides)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

• “peptide” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• Rhymes: -ide

peptide m (plural peptidi)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

• peptidico