gliadin

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɡlaɪədɪn/
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/ˈɡlaɪədɪn/ · /ˈɡlaɪəˌdiːn/ · /ˈɡlaɪədɪn/(US) · /ˈɡlaɪədən/(US)

Definition of gliadin

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.
    “Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins.”

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Etymology

From Italian gloiodina, coined by G. Taddei in 1819 along with zymome. Compare glio- and gloeo-.

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