peptide
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peptide
- /ˈpɛptaɪd/
Where it comes from
From peptone, partially hydrolyzed protein, or German Peptid, from German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).
noun peptides
- Any of 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. Such molecules joined into polypeptides and proteins constitute crucial components of living organisms. 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.
- The peptide bond itself.
- Performance-enhancing drugs that contain such molecules, especially particular ones (often synthetically produced) that are claimed by their sellers to bestow amazing health benefits. Please be patient with me, I get hundreds of emails a day in regards to anything fitness related including diet, recipes, eating schedules, work out routines, recommending what peptides to take for what and so on.
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Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: polypeptide, mhc, dipeptide, oligopeptide, neuropeptide, signal peptide, peptide fragment, micropeptide, tripeptide, tetrapeptide, polyamide, peptid, petide, depsipeptide, aminoamide, aminopeptide
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Talk about this word "peptide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/peptide. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. peptide. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/peptide "peptide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/peptide.Cite this
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title = {peptide},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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