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gli⋅a⋅din

[glahy-uh-din, -dn]
–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 [glahy-uh-deen, -din] .


Origin:
1820–30; < It gliadina. See glia, -in 2
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Main Entry: gli·a·din
Pronunciation: 'glI-&d-&n
Function: noun
: PROLAMIN; especially : one obtained by alcoholic extraction of gluten from wheat and rye
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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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