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–noun Biochemistry.

1.	a prolamin derived from the gluten of grain, as wheat or rye, used chiefly as a nutrient in high-protein diets.

2.	any prolamin.

Also, gli·a·dine

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[Origin: 1820–30; < It gliadina. See glia, -in²

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gli·a·din Audio Help (glī'ə-dĭn) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of several simple proteins derived from rye or wheat gluten. It is capable of inducing a toxic response among individuals who lack the enzyme necessary for its digestion.

[Italian gliadina, from Medieval Greek glia, glue; see zooglea.]

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gliadin gli·a·din (glī'ə-dĭn)
n.
Any of a class of simple proteins separable from wheat and rye glutens.

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Main Entry: gli·a·din
Pronunciation: 'glI-&d-&n
Function: noun
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PROLAMIN

; especially : one obtained by alcoholic extraction of gluten from wheat and rye

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Gel"a*tin\, Gelatine \Gel"a*tine\, n. [F. g['e]latine, fr. L. gelare to congeal. See Geal.] (Chem.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.

Note: Both spellings, gelatin and gelatine, are in good use, but the tendency of writers on physiological chemistry favors the form in -in, as in the United States Dispensatory, the United States Pharmacop[oe]ia, Fownes' Watts' Chemistry, Brande & Cox's Dictionary.

Blasting gelatin, an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion.

Gelatin process, a name applied to a number of processes in the arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially: (a) (Photog.) A dry-plate process in which gelatin is used as a substitute for collodion as the sensitized material. This is the dry-plate process in general use, and plates of extreme sensitiveness are produced by it. (b) (Print.) A method of producing photographic copies of drawings, engravings, printed pages, etc., and also of photographic pictures, which can be printed from in a press with ink, or (in some applications of the process) which can be used as the molds of stereotype or electrotype plates. (c) (Print. or Copying) A method of producing facsimile copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken upon ordinary paper.

Vegetable gelatin. See Gliadin.

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