Hemiprotein

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hemiprotein \Hem`i*pro"te*in\, n. [Hemi- + protein.] (Physiol.
     Chem.)
     An insoluble, proteid substance, described by
     Sch["u]tzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some
     time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical
     with antialbumid and dyspeptone.


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