Definition of Scleroproteins

1. Noun. (plural of scleroprotein) ¹

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Definition of Scleroproteins

1. scleroprotein [n] - See also: scleroprotein

Medical Definition of Scleroproteins

1. Simple proteins characterised by their insolubility and fibrous structure. Within the body, they perform a supportive or protective function. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scleroproteins

scleromalacia
scleromas
scleromata
scleromere
sclerometer
sclerometers
sclerometric
scleromorph
scleromyxoedema
scleronychia
sclerophthalmia
sclerophyll
sclerophyllous
scleroplasty
scleroprotein
scleroproteins (current term)
sclerosal
sclerosant
sclerosants
sclerose
sclerosed
scleroses
sclerosing
sclerosing adenosis
sclerosing agent
sclerosing haemangioma
sclerosing inflammation
sclerosing keratitis
sclerosing leukoencephalitis
sclerosing mastoiditis

Literary usage of Scleroproteins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"The scleroproteins constitute the greater part of the skeletal structures of animal organisms. Just as their origin is very various, so also are their ..."

2. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1917)
"The scleroproteins, which in their physical properties comprise a heterogeneous collection of proteins ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"... OR scleroproteins. BY JEROME ALEXANDER. According to the classification adopted by the American Physiological Society and the American Society of ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1913)
"... OR scleroproteins. BY JEROME ALEXANDER. According to the classification adopted by the American Physiological Society and the American Society of ..."

5. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"Quite other is the function of the scleroproteins, for these are proteins of a primarily structural or architectural rather than nutritional significance. ..."

6. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"Quite other is the function of the scleroproteins, for these are proteins of a primarily structural or architectural rather than nutritional significance. ..."

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