Definitions for protamine
protamine
prot·a·mine
Spelling: [proh-tuh-meen, pro-tam-in]
IPA: /ˈproʊ təˌmin, prɒˈtæm ɪn/
Protamine is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 850 anagrams from letters in protamine (aeimnoprt).
Definitions for protamine
noun
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any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
Origin of protamine
First recorded in 1870-75; prot- + amine